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If you like pina colada and having fun in the sun...then come to EDC and escape. EDC celebrated 27 years in business during our annual EDC BBQ. A gloriously sunny day allowed all 3 EDC companies to celebrate with family and friends at our offices in Erskine, with an afternoon... [Details]

The audit enforcers! EDC has been celebrating (with a pizza party since you ask) after achieving an amazing score of 100% in our UVDB audit.Commenting on the achievement, Alison Leith our Quality Manager and Konrad Rozek, our H&S Manager said: “For our Achilles audit we scored 100% across the board.... [Details]

ABB drives—better by design. After only two months with us, Reetesh Kamat (our newest graduate engineer) is on site getting to grips with adaptive programming on a variable speed drive.This allows him to customise ABB drives to our customers' exact needs, without the addition of extra software/hardware. Not only does... [Details]

  A local water authority experienced a surprise outage… A roadside motor control kiosk had been destroyed in a road traffic accident. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but the sewage pumps were out of action, requiring expensive tankering operations to empty the sewage tanks.  ‘Wasting’ no time, EDC North East mobilised... [Details]

Con-GRAD-ulations to EDC’ers Jane Jensen (accounts) and Reetesh Kamat (engineering)! EDC held a joint celebration for Jane’s 50th birthday and Reetesh’s graduation.Reetesh graduates with a MSc (Merit) in electrical and electronics engineering from Glasgow University, and Jane, a keen history buff, was made queen for the day (but told not... [Details]

If we knew it was your birthday we’d have baked a cake! Nick Brown, EDC MD, keen cyclist, drives' Don and Francophile has the recipe for success.Our super-fit cycling supremo gave EDC Scotland colleagues a slice of his birthday cake; expertly served up with leadership, motivation and vision.Happy Birthday Nick! [Details]

ABB motors: they love a challenge—even in the most challenging conditions. With an estimated 300 million industrial electric motors in operation, imagine the energy savings which could be made by delivering greater efficiency. See how ABB’s comprehensive and reliable range of motors is keeping the world turning, whilst still cutting... [Details]

During an emergency breakdown, two of our VSD engineers changed over IGBTs in the back of one of our fully-fitted mobile workshops (ie our company vans!). Due to environmental conditions and the equipment required, it was easier - and faster - to conduct the work in the van, rather than... [Details]

I can breathe clearly now the dust has gone… After having a fan replaced during a service visit by the EDC engineers, this ABB ACS800 can see no obstacles in its way.It’ll now continue to give sterling service, operating at peak performance in a water treatment works.No doubt it’ll breathe... [Details]

Just one look, that’s all it took, yes, just one look … Just one look at the panel-building skills of EDC NE will be enough to illustrate our expertise and ability in all things ABB drive related. This panel, assembled for the oil and gas industry, has benefitted from the... [Details]