Northern industrial partner

Based in Billingham, Teesside, JWF Instrumentation will replace Slater Drives as ABB’s chosen instrumentation supplier for customers throughout the northern counties.

The company will serve instrumentation users in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Cleveland, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire. A division of JWF Process Solutions Ltd, JWF Instrumentation brings over four decades of experience in the supply of instrumentation equipment and systems for industrial applications. As ABB’s new northern partner, JWF will stock and supply an extensive range of ABB instrumentation equipment, including: · Controllers and recorders · Pressure and temperature transmitters and sensors · Flow meters · Analytical instrumentation · Valve actuators & positioners The decision to appoint JWF follows the company’s success in serving ABB’s Scottish customers. “We have a long-standing relationship with JWF, having worked with the company since 1962,” explains Stuart Swinney, ABB’s sales manager for Indirect Channels, Instrumentation Products. “The appointment of JWF to cover the north of England is a significant milestone in ABB’s drive to deliver consistent levels of unrivalled service and quality products to customers throughout the UK.” JWF Process Solutions Ltd has over 40 years of experience in the field of process instrumentation for general industry and oil and gas applications, process heating and HVAC. In 2005, it won ABB’s first ‘Partner of the Year’ award for its commitment to delivering high levels of customer service. The appointment forms part of JWF’s own ambitious plans to grow its UK market. “We are delighted to have been appointed as ABB’s chosen supplier for northern England,” says Kenneth Fairbairn, managing director, JWF Process Solutions. “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 already established in our Scottish market.”