HIGH TECH OFFICE MOVE FOR UK'S NEWEST SERVO COMPANY
April 2004

Silverteam, Hitachi’s new UK agent for drives and automation equipment, has moved into new premises in the Breydon Centre in Great Yarmouth, home to many of the region’s high tech companies.

Working directly with Hitachi, Silverteam will appoint UK distributors and support existing and new business through training, service and technical support, while Hitachi will directly handle invoicing and credit control with Silverteam holding the UK consignment stock.

The facilities include 3500sq ft of offices, warehouse, system building and test areas, and training and conference suites. These are spread over two floors and the training room is currently being fitted out with the full range of Hitachi automation equipment, including drives, servos, PLCs and software.

“It is essential that we keep ourselves, our distributors and our customers up to date with the latest developments in automation technology,” says Stuart Harvey Silverteam’s Managing Director, “and the Breydon Centre is designed specifically for such activities.”

Silverteam’s distributors include System Control Solutions in Lowestoft, Lockwell Lectrics in Tewkesbury, Nottingham Electrical, Technidrive in Northern Ireland and Dickson Bearings in Eire. Harvey says he is looking to appoint representatives in Northern England, Scotland and the South East.

“We are also looking for specialist partners to help us launch the Hitachi servo drive range into the UK, and one or more companies to take our new IP54 inverters into the building automation sector.

“As industrial engineers we know that many of the Hitachi products have great potential for intelligent buildings applications, but we also know that the culture of the construction sector is such that we need ‘insiders’ to work with. We have already developed a Building Management System (BMS) based on low cost industrial PLCs that can co-ordinate all the various functions in a building such has HVAC, lifts, lighting, security and fire alarms, and optimise energy consumption. BMSs have been around for a couple of decades, but our PLC based design is proving more robust, reliable and adaptable than many of the established controllers.”