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What a difference half a decade makes! EDC North East, ABB’s drive Value Provider for North East England, celebrates 5 years’ of business this month. It’s been thanks to our customers, our team of dedicated staff (and suppliers!) that we’ve thrived, taking on staff, expanding our hire fleet and promoting... [Details]

From rags to riches with ABB’s inbuilt anti-ragging functionality. Replacing this stalwart ABB ACS800 drive with a new water industry specific ACQ580 (which has anti-ragging as standard) means that this system can ‘shake off’ any problems with blockages, so avoiding expensive pump removal and cleaning.   Anti-jam software is a... [Details]

Just because my face is dirty it don't mean that I ain't purty! Nothing heals a weary drive, like time, love and... a service contract. When your drive is struggling to go on, when the ambient temperature and environment are getting it down, a visit from a competent inverter engineer... [Details]

Well done to our incomparable ABB motor supremo who's celebrating 7 years at EDC! Always helpful, always knowledgeable, always customer centric, Karen Lindsay has made motors her area of specialist expertise - and we're very lucky to have her onboard. Karen started at EDC in internal sales, but quickly gained... [Details]

Caps off to Gary! As part of an annual service contract, our engineers have been on site installing caps on the LCL filters in both ACS800 and ACS880 drives. Apart from the standard checks on your drives (tightening cable terminations and cleaning heat sinks) service contracts also allow for the... [Details]

  Joining ABB in its commitment to a more sustainable world and a reduced carbon footprint, EDC North East takes its place amongst other companies such as Alfa Laval, Microsoft, Severn Trent and Sulzer. Said general manager, John Guthrie:"EDC North East commits to reducing its energy usage by 1000 kWh... [Details]

We're hiring! Join our team! Are you an accounts assistant (with a minimum of one year's experience in an office-based role), or HSEQ manager (with NEBOSH qualifications)? If so, we need you! Click on the links below for more information. We offer a great office environment, very competitive salary, a... [Details]

Nobody does it better, makes us feel glad you’re the best. EDC’s inimitable Technical Director David Kerr presented Alison Leith, our Quality Manager, with a token of our appreciation for EDC Scotland Ltd gaining a perfect score of 100% in our Achilles quality audit. Alison, (who looked quite startled initially)... [Details]

Our race-ready ladies (and gents) are keeping EDC in pole position! EDC Scotland’s motor maestro, Karen Lindsay, and expert engineer Gary Anderson, were charged-up and trackside at the ABB Formula E-Prix World Championship in London: 11 teams, 22 cars and drivers, and wheel-to-wheel all-electric action around London’s Docklands. Commenting on... [Details]

You’re the top—you’re Napoleon Brandy! 100% was the score achieved across all categories by our top team in yesterday’s UVDB audit. Alison Leith and Ian Fyfe proved that EDC’s on and off-site commitment to H&S and quality were of paramount importance—and that our policies were operating at peak performance. Our... [Details]