ANNIVERSARY NEWS
UPGRADE TO INNOVATE
olutionsPT, AVEVA Select Partner UK & Ireland, is celebrating 40 years in business with a year of activity including new in-person Innovation Labs delivered free of charge to help customers ‘Upgrade to Innovate’. Since it was founded in 1985, SolutionsPT’s hardware and software solutions have helped industrial enterprises future- proof efficiency and profitability. Susan Roche, General Manager at Solutions PT said “We’re in a time of rapid change – and it’s SolutionsPT’s job to help industrial companies anticipate and react by providing them with flexible and evolving digital technologies so that they can continue to thrive. With this approach over 40 years, SolutionsPT has become a key player in the UK’s industrial automation sector, growing our customer base to more than 1,000 organisations and 700 active support contracts.” SolutionsPT software solutions are designed so that customers can meet their operational goals with flexibility. Today, SolutionsPT is driving excellence in operational and systems management, OT Cyber security and customer consultancy support. SolutionsPT now also offers a large portfolio of IT and OT training courses, consultancy and industry leading conferences, supporting industrial innovation and cyber security.
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In 1991, SolutionsPT began distributing AVEVA (formerly known as Wonderware) software in the UK and Ireland. The company now attains the AVEVA’s Select Partner in UK & Ireland status and is the sole distributer of AVEVA software in UK and Ireland.
For 11 consecutive years, SolutionsPT has been listed among the Best Companies to Work For, achieving the scheme’s 3 Star status for 10 years. Today, SolutionsPT continues to provide customer support that will ensure digital transformation can be successfully applied by every industrial enterprise.
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LANDIA CELEBRATES SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES I
n the year that Landia UK celebrates 75 years since it invented the world’s first Chopper Pump, a total of just 12 employees have completed a combined service record of 200 years. Leading the way is Liz Robinson, Operations Executive, who was there on day one of Landia UK with the late and fondly remembered Hugh Vaughan.
Behind the scenes as a dedicated Senior Mechanical Engineer, Dave Baldock has been at the Shropshire-based business for 27 years, whilst renowned Technical Projects Manager, Paul Broadhurst has clocked up a quarter of a century. Vastly experienced Key Account Manager, Paul Davies has now been with Landia UK for 23 years, closely followed by stalwart Tony Challinor, Senior Technical Engineer, with 19 years’ service. Howard Burton (Technical Sales Engineer) has recorded 13 years at Landia, and Tamas Rieder (Service and Aftersales Manager) has been with Landia UK for a decade.
Senior Mechanical Engineers Kieran Hilton and Jack Foster have clocked up 24 years’ service between them, whilst Josh Edge, Technical Sales Engineer, has recorded 11 years. Kieran, Jack and Josh all began as apprentices through Landia’s proven training program.
Dave Thomas (Service & After Sales Administrator) and recently appointed Office Manager, Sam Smith
60 YEARS OF RELIABLE AND POWERFUL DRIVE SOLUTIONS also in continuous development.
Schlicht. Since then, the family business has evolved into an important system provider for mechanical and electronic drive technology with more than 4,800 employees worldwide. This year, the drive specialists celebrate their 60th company anniversary.
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This milestone is a special one. The company is characterised by long-term experience, extensive know-how in more than 100 industries, own production facilities, great production depth, and a global network. Thanks to its qualified employees, NORD can provide its customers worldwide with individual drive solutions from a comprehensive range of modular products and high quality standards.
After the foundation in 1965, today’s Zahnradwerk NORD was built in Glinde in 1977 for the manufacturing of gear components. In 1979, the first foreign subsidiaries were founded in the USA, France and Sweden. Today, NORD serves the international market with 48 of its own subsidiaries in 36 countries and further sales partners in more than 50 countries.
NORD has expanded its production by in-house manufacturing of electric motors, and shortly afterwards started the production of electronic components in Aurich. Due to the high demand, the NORD Electronic Drivesystems subsidiary in Aurich, Lower Saxony, has grown ever since. The plants in Germany, Italy, Poland, the USA and China are steadily expanded and modernised. The headquarters in Bargteheide, where a modern administration building has recently been built, is
6 JUNE 2025 | PROCESS & CONTROL
ORD DRIVESYSTEMS was founded on 1 April 1965 by G. A. Ku
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In 1981, NORD developed the UNICASE housing concept, a groundbreaking invention for the industrial production of gear unit housings, which is still an international standard. In 2000, the focus was on the product launch of decentralised drive technology.
Just before the turn of the years 2022/2023, NORD passed the one billion euro sales threshold for the first time in the company's history. This shows how well the manufacturer’s drive solutions meet the requirements from different industries and how much NORD is appreciated as a strong and reliable partner.
With its sustainability strategy for 2025, NORD promises to act in an ecological, economic and socially responsible manner. The manufacturer’s efficient drive solutions significantly contribute to the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in industry. Furthermore, the drive experts support companies with consultation services such as the efficiency analysis programme or the NORD ECO service. With the digital myNORD platform, NORD also provides a service solution with which the company increases the accessibility of its services, while streamlining processes and facilitating configuration and ordering of drive technology. For more than 60 years, NORD has been representing reliable and innovative drive solutions. The anniversary is not only a reason to celebrate, but also an incentive to further set new industry standards and to further convince customers with powerful solutions.
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have both served Landia UK for 9 years. Liz Robinson, Landia UK’s Operations Executive, commented: “Two hundred years of service from such a small number of people speaks volumes for Landia UK. We are all for encouraging new talent to join us, and with Josh Edge, Jack Foster and Kieran Hilton now with us for well over 10 years each since joining as apprentices, shows the solid, rewarding career path we can offer.”
She added: “From the dedicated organisation at our Whitchurch office to keep everything together and moving forward, to the hard work of our sales and service engineers out on the road, we are extremely proud of this 200-year landmark.”
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The long-serving team at Landia UK (left to right): Dave Thomas, Jack Foster, Dave Baldock, Kieran Hilton, Tamas Rieder, Liz Robinson (Operations Executive), Sam Smith, Paul Broadhurst, Tony Challinor, Paul Davies, Howard Burton, and Josh Edge
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