“JWF Expansion with regional office in the North of England”- Jan 2007

"We are delighted to have been appointed as the ABB chosen supplier for the North of England. We will strive to ensure that our new customers in the region receive the same combination of outstanding sales, service and innovative products that we've established in our Scottish market."

- Kenneth Fairbairn, Managing Director, JWF

ABB Instrumentation has appointed a new regional partner to distribute its instrumentation equipment throughout the North of England. This is partner is JWF Instrumentation, a division of JWF Process Solutions, based in Billingham on Teesside. The company will serve instrumentation users in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Cleveland, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.

JWF has over four decades of experience in the supply of instrumentation equipment and systems for industrial applications. As the new ABB North England partner, JWF will stock and supply an extensive range of ABB instrumentation equipment, including:

• Controllers and recorders
• Pressure and temperature transmitters and sensors
• Flowmeters
• Analytical instrumentation
• Valve actuators and positioners

The decision to make JWF the new ABB North England partner was made based on JWF's success in serving ABB's Scottish customers. This appointment utilises JWF to grow its UK market.

The division of JWF Instrumentation in the North of England will be managed and by Eric Bennison. Eric has a great deal of knowledge and experience about instrumentation and ABB’s business. We are delighted to announce that we are ahead of our projected sales target at the end of our first six months.

"We have a long-standing relationship with JWF, having worked with the company since 1962. The appointment of JWF to cover the north of England is a significant milestone in the ABB drive to deliver consistent levels of unrivalled service and quality products to customers throughout the UK."

- Stuart Swinney, ABB Sales Manager for Indirect Channels, Instrumentation Products

In 2005 & 2006, JWF won the ABB 'Partner of the Year' award for its commitment to delivering high levels of customer service.