Tomlinson Hall Makes Its Mark – At Home and Abroad

Pump distributor and manufacturer Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd has topped a highly successful two months by winning a prestigious industry award.

The firm, based in Billingham, North East England, was this month named SME of the Year in the North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) Annual Awards.

The awards recognise outstanding achievement in the process sector, with NEPIC – the first cluster in the UK to receive the Gold Label for Cluster Management Excellence – boasting hundreds of member companies from across a wide range of industries.

Tomlinson Hall is an approved global distributor for major industrial pump brands, including DEPA and ELRO, and manufactures its own pump, Liquivac – an innovative liquid ring vacuum pump which can handle combinations of liquids, gases and fine solids and can perform a huge range of operations.

The firm, which has operated since 1919 and is a co-founder of the Pump Distributors Association, was recognised for its outstanding performance – increasing sales by a staggering 62% (2009-13) through new product development, exporting and regional collaborations. The firm was also commended for its support of apprenticeships, local community sport projects and has donated its £2000 prize fund to Priors Mills CE Primary School in Billingham.

The award, sponsored by Haden Freeman Ltd, was presented to Tomlinson Hall at a glittering ceremony at Hardwick Hall, County Durham on January 16 and the awards triumph follows the successful December 2014 launch of its recently rebranded Liquivac pump in the Middle East.

Last year, Tomlinson Hall was one of three winners in a special ‘Golden Ticket’ competition offering the chance to visit Dubai and explore business opportunities. Organised by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in conjunction with Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and the Millennium Plaza Hotel Dubai, the market visit saw Tomlinson Hall promote Liquivac to end-users and potential distributors in the UAE.

Liquivac has huge potential for use in many applications in the United Arab Emirates, as its design allows the transfer of liquids and combinations of liquids, gases and fine solids, and it can operate with long suction lines, meaning the a pump can be situated a long distance away from the source of the liquid or material it is transferring.

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Liquivac can be applied, for instance, in desalination – which provides most of Dubai’s fresh water – and in pumping water to aquariums and water features, which are popular in Dubai’s leisure developments. The pump’s flexibility means that it is ideal for use in the Middle East’s petrochemical related industries, for instance in spill recovery, chemical processing and in pumping bilge water from tankers.

Colin Simpson, business development director of Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd, said: “It’s a huge honour to be named SME of the Year in the NEPIC Awards, and a great achievement for the company and its staff. NEPIC does incredible work for the process industry in the North East, and its members are some of the most innovative and dynamic businesses in the UK, so to be recognised in this way makes us very proud.

 

Colin Simpson, business development director of Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd (fourth from left), with Fahad Al Thani, Director, Investment Support Section, ‎Dubai FDI (far left) and Shahab Abdulla Shayan, Head of External Affairs for Overseas Offices at the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (far right) with members of the UKTI market visit delegation at the offices of the Dubai FDI.

“In addition, we are committed to flying the flag for North East manufacturing abroad and our market visit to Dubai opened up many opportunities for Tomlinson Hall in the Middle East, where there is substantial demand for Liquivac.

“The market visit, awards triumph and re-launch and re-brand of Liquivac have combined to make this a highly exciting time for the company, and we look forward to what the future holds.”

Tomlinson Hall has won the UK Pump Distributor of the Year Award four times at British Pump Industry Awards, most recently in April 2014 and is also a finalist for the 2015 UK Pump Distributor of the Year Award, the winner of which will be announced in March 2015.

For more information visit www.tomlinson-hall.co.uk and www.liquivac.co.uk