Thorite – New Key Account Manager for the North East

Monday 24th June 2019

To be a Thorite Key Account Manager you need considerable product knowledge because you will be selling the UK's largest range of compressed air, pneumatic and fluid power products to engineering customers.

New Marketing Manager for Thorite

Tuesday 4th June 2019

We are delighted to be able to announce the appointment of Philip Cullen as Marketing Manager.

Thorite appoints a new Capital & Aftermarket Director

Tuesday 4th June 2019

Mark Yates has been appointed Capital & Aftermarket Director at Thorite.

Thorite Marketing Manager, Richard Vaughan retires after long service

Thursday 30th May 2019

After 31 years, Thorite's Marketing Manager, Richard Vaughan has recently retired.

Richard joined Thorite in 1988 as Sales Administrator at the Huddersfield branch and a steady series of promotions led to him becoming Branch Manager, a position that he held until 1995 when he moved to the Leeds branch as Product Development Executive.

Bradford based Thorite reach final for Distributor of the Year 2019

Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Thorite, the UK's biggest distributor of pneumatic products and process systems, have now been shortlisted within two categories in the 2019 Motion Control Industry Awards.

Gesipa – Thorite is a Premier Distributor

Wednesday 17th April 2019

Thorite are delighted to be able to announce that the company has been appointed a Premier Distributor for the globally renowned Gesipa range of blind rivets.

Thorite – Festo UK Distributor of the Year

Friday 12th April 2019

As a company specialising in pneumatics, you know that you are doing something well when one of the planets top pneumatics manufacturers presents you with their UK Distributor of the Year award. To say that we are delighted with the award is an understatement.

Thorite and the Bradford Means Business Awards

Friday 12th April 2019

In 1850, when Thomas Wright founded his company with the aim of providing products and services to the local textile industries, he did so in Bradford. To this day, Thorite is still in family ownership and is still based in Bradford which is why it seems only appropriate that Thorite should be sponsoring the Manufacturer of the Year category at this year’s Bradford Means Business Awards.

Big changes at the Thorite National Distribution Centre

Thursday 11th April 2019

Thorite, the UK’s largest distributer of compressed air and pneumatic products, has its National Distribution Centre in Bradford where at any time there will be thousands of different products waiting to be shipped directly to customers or to the eleven Sales & Service Centres. Keeping track of all these products is a massive job which, at the very least, involves a comprehensive knowledge of logistics and stock control.

Thorite - A bit of help in the Black Country

Wednesday 27th February 2019

It is an unfortunate fact that every industrial process has a cost and energy usage which represents one of the largest costs. For a number of years, staff at Thorite have been working hard to promote products and systems to customers that save energy and therefore costs. And by using various initiatives such as air audits, we have been able to show customers that they can save thousands a year by buying into the latest energy saving Capital Equipment.