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Your Invite to Meet with the Faraday Power Group
October 30th, 2025
The Faraday Centre, based at the Wilton Centre in Redcar & Cleveland specialise in the delivery of High Voltage & Electrical Safety Training Courses for AE’s, SAP’s, Jointers & Duty Holders operational up to 33kV across all industrial sectors – manufacturing, renewables, BESS, offshore/marine, utilities, facilities management and data centres.
Many clients attend from across the UK and globally.
The Faraday Centre is home to and will be hosting the Inaugural Power Group Meeting, and we would like to personally invite you and your organisation to either Exhibit or attend as a Visitor.
The Faraday Power Group is a collective of companies rooted in the region of the North of England who work together with passion as a network to improve safety, introduce innovation and support entirely the requirements of the Electrical Power Industry.
Open Trade Day – The Faraday Centre
📅 Tuesday 25 November 2025
🕙 10:00 – 15:00 (Visitors’ Access)
📍 The Faraday Centre, Wilton Centre, Redcar & Cleveland
💼 Exhibitors & Visitors: Free of Charge
Purpose of the Day
- Bring together organisations from the North East and beyond
- Expand cross-sector relationships – Renewables ⚡Utilities ⚡Power ⚡Testing ⚡Protection⚡ Offshore ⚡ Manufacturing ⚡ HV/LV Electrical ⚡Tools ⚡Engineering ⚡Supply Chain ⚡Cable Jointing ⚡Switchgear & Transformers ⚡Electrical Safety
- Explore collaboration, partnerships and supply chain opportunities
- Celebrate the strength of local industry and regional economy to mutual benefits
What’s included (Free)
- Exhibitor stall (round table + seating)
- Chance to present or demonstrate your product/service
- Networking with key companies across multiple sectors
- Lunch included for exhibitors and attendees
- Parking included
- Transport available from the Wilton Centre Visitor’s Centre to The Faraday Centre
- Guided facility tours of The Faraday Centre
The Faraday Centre combines world leading electrical safety knowledge with the world’s best learning experiences to create High Voltage Training you can trust.
Important Site Information
The Wilton Centre is a COMAH site, therefore all visitors (including exhibitors) must complete a quick visitor safety induction. If completed online beforehand via our instructions, your pass will be ready on arrival. If completed on the day, please allow an additional 15–20 minutes to physically complete it with the Falck induction team.
⛔ No under-18s Permitted/ Right Of Admission Reserved (COMAH site).
Exhibitor Set-up
🕗 08:00 – 09:30
Stall space is compact – please plan for a round table display. You are welcome to bring a small banner and marketing materials, as well as demo products/merchandise. If you have any special requirements (power, equipment placement, product demonstrations), just let me know.
To Register Interest (Exhibit or Attend): please message : 📧 [email protected]
If you have dietary requirements or allergies, please include that in your reply so catering can accommodate appropriately.
We are incredibly proud of the innovation happening in the North East of England and want this to become a place where new partnerships, contracts and collaborations start. It would be great to have you with us.
Thanks, and we hope to welcome you on the day.
The Faraday Centre Ltd
The Wilton Centre Annexe
South Building
Wilton Centre
Redcar, TS10 4RF
LV-HV Jointing, Termination, Substation & Electrical Eqpt Distributors 600V to 66kV
Authorised Stockists & Distributors for Leading HV Cable Accessory Manufacturers
Keeping High Voltage Electrical Switchgear Safe | An EA Technology Event
October 15th, 2025Testimonial
Organiser | EA Technology
Event | Industrial Forum 2025
Title | Keeping Electrical Switchgear Safe
Date | 14th October
Location | Chester Racecourse
By | Chris Dodds (Sales & Marketing Manager at Thorne & Derrick | Co-Exhibitor with Bill Earlie (Commercial Manager at PENTA Electrical Safety Products)
I would like to congratulate and thank the EA Technology Team for a highly professional, intensely engaging and strongly attended Event. The Forum successfully attracts Senior Power Engineers together sharing and shaping innovation, improvement and experiences combined with candid discussions of industry “pain-points” and appropriate responses.
These challenges included arc flash protection, cable duct sealing, competency complacency, predictive v reactive maintenance and adoptable guidance on ensuring documentation, policy and procedure are fit-for-purpose in the context of rapid and dynamic industry change.
The Event readily facilitated productive introductions to the highest-level KDM’s responsible for high voltage power reliability across all sectors of the economy.
We would not hesitate to recommend or attend future events organised by the EA Technology Team and look forward to future collaboration.
Pictured Left to Right | Bill Earlie (Commercial Manager PENTA Electrical Safety Products), Chris Dodds (T&D), Carl Cox (T&D Sales Engineer) & Jason Eardley (Sales Engineer PENTA).
EA Technology is a global, independent provider of end-to-end power engineering solutions, supporting customers in managing and operating electrical assets reliably, safely and efficiently. Recognised as a world-leading expert in its field, working collaboratively with partners across the energy, utilities, infrastructure and associated sectors.
Specialist Distributors of MV HV Cable Accessory & Connection Products
MV HV High Voltage Cable Joints | Cable Terminations | Cable Connectors | Distributed from Stock | UK & Export Sales
Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of MV HV Medium & High Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors from manufacturers including 3M, Sudkabel, Prysmian, Nexans Euromold, Elastimold, Pfisterer CONNEX & SEANEX and Shrink Polymer Systems.
Heat shrink, cold shrink, push-on and slip-over cable accessories enable the jointing, terminating and connection of 11kV-33kV and 66kV-132kV cables to oil, air or gas insulated switchgear, transformers, motors and overhead lines distributing electricity at medium/high voltages.
Thorne & Derrick hold large stocks of 11kV 33kV 66kV Joints & Terminations suitable for XLPE, PILC and EPR cables, in both heat shrink and Cold Shrink technologies, to service the medium/high voltage power cable accessory requirements of UK and international customers.
Thorne & Derrick Celebrate 40 Years Supplying the Energy Industry
September 18th, 2025
Thorne & Derrick International, the UK’s leading Specialist Distributor of LV HV Cable Accessories, Tooling & Hazardous Area Electrical Equipment, are celebrating 40 years of supplying products and solutions that ensure the safety and reliability of industrial heating, lighting and power systems.
From Fossil Fuels to Sustainable Future
Established in 1985 as a regional business supplying the fossil fuel and heavy industries, whose clients then included UK Coal plc, ICI Wilton and Swan Hunter Shipbuilders on the River Tyne, Thorne & Derrick have successfully innovated and evolved alongside the shifting and reshaped industry landscape over four decades. Today, they are proudly powering Energy Transition by delivering MV/HV Electrical Equipment & Cable Accessories to major renewable energy projects.
Our Shelf to Your Site, Globally
Thorne & Derrick are framework supply partners to ECP’s and international energy providers across the UK and Europe, including Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark – a highly successful, customer-centric and globally competitive business.
With a substantial Distribution & HV Cable Accessory Kitting Centre, multi-million pound stocks and Technical Sales Teams to specify and supply client requirements – T&D are servicing utilities, wind, solar, battery storage, rail, oil/gas, hydrogen and the explosive atmosphere sectors.
High Voltages & Hazardous Areas
“We are contributing to Green Grid electrification supported by our world-class supply chain including 3M, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer, Lovink and Sudkabel; daily delivering Cable Accessories to joint, terminate and connect power literally from substation to socket,” comments Chris Dodds (Thorne & Derrick’s Sales & Marketing Manager).
“Equally, we are trusted and trained to supply correctly Certified Hazardous Area Equipment to ensure ATEX, IECEx and DSEAR Compliance. We provide customers with value-added solutions including design and survey services for heat trace and hazardous area lighting systems, Jointer Training Courses up to 66kV and accredited CPD’s across numerous industry subjects.”
Energy Transition
From those fossil fuel roots in the 1980’s onwards to Net Zero 2050, T&D have rapidly adapted, innovated and grown – their 40 year journey reflects a commitment to partnerships, investment in staff and a firm focus on delivering customer service excellence.
Thorne & Derrick have proactively pivoted towards the future; we are at the forefront in supporting a modernised renewable energy system, achieving industry decarbonisation via hydrogen and CCUS projects and committed to continued service to all customers in high-voltage, hazardous and harsh environments.
“Finally, in a powerful symbol of both business and industrial progress we return to the banks of the River Tyne and to the reimagined Swan Hunter site, where 40 years later we continue to service customers. Once a shipyard but today the UK manufacturing and services hub for offshore wind energy – it’s a full-circle moment that emphatically reflects Thorne & Derrick’s resilience and vision,” concludes Chris Dodds.
Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors of LV HV Cable Installation, Jointing, Substation & Hazardous Area Electrical Equipment to international energy providers, EPC’s and HV Jointing Contractors working on the design, construction and maintenance of UK, European and international projects – T&D are servicing the utilities, wind, solar, battery storage, rail, oil/gas, hydrogen and the explosive atmosphere sectors.
T&D are Main UK Distributors of Medium Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors from 3M Electrical, Lovink, Nexans Euromold, Pfisterer Connex and Sudkabel.
Thorne & Derrick & 3M Decarbonising Industry in the NEPIC Cluster
February 13th, 20258.10.2024
By Chris Dodds | Sales & Marketing Manager at Thorne & Derrick International
“Bringing People Together”
A brilliant bullet from Paul Frankland’s (Operations Director at NEPIC) super slide-deck presented to us this morning at the Wilton Centre, the premier science park in the North East of England adjacent to Wilton International and sitting in the heart of the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
The NEPIC Cluster is the largest industrial concentration of chemical, pharmaceutical and process companies in the UK, and the second largest in Europe.
Paul and Joanne Fryett (CEO at NEPIC) hosted Thorne & Derrick and an international delegation from 3M Electrical to discuss Energy Transition developments and opportunities within the Cluster involving Net Zero. NEPIC have now extended further support for Thorne & Derrick’s business growth strategy in the clean energy, low carbon and hydrogen sectors.
The NEPIC Presentation informed us all about the energy project pipeline on Teesside with major companies including BP, Equinor, Huntsman Corporation, SABIC, PD Ports, MGT Teesside and px Group.
Michael Kendall (Business Solutions Manager – Tees Valley Combined Authority) then underlined the central role of Teesside in UK plc’s economic growth drive which is strategically aligned with the UK’s Net Zero Strategy. The TVCA secures investment and creates jobs; it is home to ReNew ELP, Alpek, Conoco Phillips, EDF Energy, Mitsubishi Chemical and global renewables giant JDR Cable Systems.
We then all benefitted from excellent electrical power and utility insights provided by Gillian Baker (Head of Commercial New Business – Sembcorp).
Sembcorp supply the high voltage power (66kV/11kV) to Wilton International clients via their owned and operated on-site power station, substations and private wire electricity grid.
Our visit concluded with a Guided Tour of Wilton by Paul Frankland that emphasised the sheer scale of business opportunity, national leadership and centre of excellence our region provides for the the future of decarbonised power.
Hazardous Area Zones & High Voltage Systems 
Thorne & Derrick International, based in the North East of England, are leading UK Specialist Distributors of products to guarantee personal safety, site efficiency and plant reliability in Harsh, High Voltage & Hazardous Areas.
Our diversity is our strength, from providing legacy asset management solutions for aging electrical infrastructure to the delivery of high voltage cable connection products to repair or energise networks from 600V to 66kV.
We can competently specify and competitively supply an extensive range of Hazardous Area Equipment (ATEX & IECEx) to provide Power, Heating & Lighting to the Explosive Atmospheres industries – this includes LV HV Cables, Accessories, Jointing, Substation & Electrical Eqpt.
We are 3M Electrical Distributor for the UK and can be trusted to specify and supply from the largest stocks in the UK and EU products utilising Scotchcast Resin and Cold Shrink Technologies for the installation, jointing and termination of cables from Low to High Voltage.
We are a firmly established vendor and high-value added member of the Cluster supply-chain – we provide world-class customer support including Design Services for Trace Heating & Lighting Systems for Zone 1/2 (21/22) hazardous area applications from our partners Eltherm and Raytec.
Sealing Cables & Protecting Assets | The CSD Sealing System range of DSEAR compliant NOFIRNO products are extensively specified for the prevention of water ingress, gas migration and fire spread in industrial and potentially explosive atmospheres including hazardous area Zones with ATEX designation including Zone 1 & 2 Flammable Gas.
Decarbonising the Teesside Cluster
Last weeks government green-lighting of the Net Zero Teesside project, a £4billion investment which will establish the world’s first industrial-scale Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) facility at Teesworks was accompanied by confirmation from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of £21.7 billion of funding to establish the UK as an early leader in 2 growing global sectors, CCUS and Hydrogen. This reignition of the UK industrial heartlands to be delivered by investment in projects and the energy-tech of the future further enhances Teesside’s position at the centre of the Decarbonisation universe.
Teesworks | The UK’s largest Freeport Tax Zone, most connected industrial zone and home to diverse, sustainable and low-carbon activity. In 2023, SeAH Wind announced a £650m investment in a monopile manufacturing facility at South Bank Teesworks to support a contract with Vattenfall to supply all the wind turbine monopiles for its Norfolk Vanguard Project. This commitment to Teesside positions SeAH Wind as the UK’s leading Foundation Manufacturer and ensures the UK is at the forefront of developing offshore wind globally.
Net Zero Teesside
NZT is a collection of industrial, power and hydrogen businesses which aim to decarbonize their operations through the deployment of CCUS.
NZT Power is a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power and carbon capture project and a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonized industrial cluster.
NZT Power’s proposed combined cycle gas turbine electricity generating station will have an electrical output of up to 860 megawatts (MW) of low carbon electricity, enough to power up to 1.3m homes per year.
NZT | The UK’s First Decarbonised Industrial Cluster
A Sustainable Future for our Energy & for our Business
Our NEPIC Membership has positioned Thorne & Derrick alongside a cluster of businesses dedicated to the decarbonisation of industrial operations through the deployment of CCUS – we are working closely with EPC’s and contractors to specify and supply compliant critical equipment to build and operate the infrastructure required to transport CO2 from emitters in the Teesside and Humber regions to a secure offshore carbon store beneath the North Sea via the East Coast Cluster and the Northern Endurance Partnership.
The East Coast Cluster Decarbonising Industry
Northern Endurance Partnership | NEP is a CO2. transportation and storage company which will deliver the onshore and offshore infrastructure needed to capture carbon from emitters across Teesside and the Humber and transport to offshore storage in the Endurance store in the southern North Sea. In October 2021, The NEP’s East Coast Cluster, which includes Net Zero Teesside, was selected as a priority cluster in phase-1 of the UK Government’s CCUS cluster sequencing process. Endurance, a saline aquifer, has the capacity to store 450m tonnes of CO2. Other potential stores nearby take potential storage capacity to around 1 billion tonnes.
Pictured | Charlotte Fletcher (Project Manager Pharma-Sector NEPIC) Tanja Schroeder (Area Director EMEA 3M Electrical), Andy Townsend (Specification Manager C&I 3M Electrical UK), Paul Frankland (Operations Director NEPIC), Jenny Swindells (Regional Division Leader 3M Electrical Northern Europe), Chris Dodds (Sales Marketing Manager T&D), Monica Barros (General Business Director 3M Electrical ), Carl Cox (Sales Engineer T&D) and Richard Derrick (Managing Director T&D).
T&D are Specialist Distributors to the Process Industries – this includes the fine and speciality chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and polymers manufacturing sectors.
We supply and support businesses working on the design, construction and maintenance of UK, European and international projects.
Based in the UK, we are highly customer responsive and absolutely committed to providing a world-class service.
Since 1985, we have provided expert technical support and express delivery from extensive UK stocks to world-wide destinations.
3M Cold Shrink | This advanced Cold Shrink material technology has been developed into a comprehensive range of Cable Accessories to seal, joint, abandon, insulate and terminate cables from 600V to 66kV. Superior reliability, easy to install, and safe for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres.
High Voltage Training Courses for Renewables & Offshore Energies Sectors
December 9th, 2024
High Voltage Training Courses
uploaded by Chris Dodds – Sales & Marketing Manager at Thorne & Derrick
NE ENGLAND UK : A POWERBASE PARTNERSHIP | Yesterday with Carl Cox (Thorne & Derrick – Sales Engineer), I was very privileged to be invited to the Grand Opening of the RelyOn UK Electrical Training Facility by Jess Churchman and Ryan Muscroft following introductions by Paul Livingstone from NOF – located within Redcar & Cleveland College the facility will assist the provision of a skilled workforce in HV via a collegiate and multi-faceted approach up to 33kV.
The official launch of the new electrical training Facility located at Redcar & Cleveland College has been a huge success and will assist the development of an electrically skilled workforce capable of rising to the challenges of energy transition.
The highly-engaged audience benefitted from the exciting vision for the Facility in driving Energy Transition across local Wind Energy, Hydrogen & CCUS projects provided by RelyOn UK’s Speakers Jason Faulkner (Deputy Chief Executive) and Colin Leyden (Regional Managing Director) – “essential skills for critical infrastructure.”
The Facility will provide both standard and tailored courses for clients including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vestas and Siemens Energy.
Via Video Link the Mayor of the Tees Valley, Mr Ben Houchen, nut-shelled it perfectly: “TEES VALLEY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – thousands and thousands of local jobs for local people.”
Thorne & Derrick look forward to continuing to realise the possible as an integral supplier to the global renewable industry.
Switchroom wired by Slaters Electricals | Gear by Lucy Electric, Schneider Electric, ABB and Alstom Power.
Pictured | Ryan Muscroft (Head of Electrical Services – RelyOn Nutec UK) with Chris Dodds and Carl Cox from Thorne & Derrick, a Specialist Distributor of High Voltage Cable Accessories, Electrical Safety Equipment & Products to the renewable industries.
RelyOn UK | High Voltage Electrical Engineering Training Courses
Safety Training & Digital Learning Specialists | Renewables and Offshore Energies Sectors
The new electrical facility, located within Redcar and Cleveland College, and officially supported by Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, is part of the RelyOn Group’s wider growth strategy which includes building a robust global electrical training and consulting service, with an emphasis on HV and LV electrical systems.
The Welcome Speech & Introduction to RelyOn Open Day
Selection of Photographs of High Voltage Electrical Switchgear & Transformers – the HV Training Centre is equipped with leading brand and cutting-edge technology equipment to enable the upskilling of High Voltage AP’s, SAP’s and Electrical Engineers to install 11kV/33kV Cable Accessories including Joints & Terminations.
Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors to international Utilities, UK DNO’s, ICP’s and HV Jointing Contractors of an extensive range of LV HV Cable Jointing, Substation, Tooling & Installation Equipment from 600V to 66kV – we service wind energy, solar power, battery storage, rail, utility, datacentre and the explosive atmosphere industries.
Based in the UK, we are highly customer responsive and absolutely committed to providing a world-class service.
Since 1985, we have provided expert technical support and express delivery from extensive UK stocks to world-wide destinations.
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