Editors' note: Flowtech Fluidpower plc, founded as Flowtech in 1983, is the UK's leading specialist supplier of technical fluid power products with modern distribution facilities in the UK and Benelux. It offers an unrivalled range of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Exclusive Brand products to over 3,000 distributors and resellers. Its catalogue is recognised as the definitive source for fluid power products, containing approximately 50,000 individual product line and is distributed to more than 90,000 industrial Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul end users (MRO). Over 80% of product is stocked and if ordered by 10pm, can be delivered next day in the UK, providing 'best in industry' service offering. The Group's headquarters and main distribution centre is in Skelmersdale, Lancashire with further distribution centres in the Netherlands and China and an assembly operation in Merseyside; in total the business employs 229 people. |