Yorkshire–based air conditioning manufacturer Airedale International Air Conditioning is pleased to announce that it has joined Made in Britain. Airedale has been manufacturing high-efficiency cooling systems just outside Leeds since 1974 and is hugely proud of its British engineered products, fitting naturally with the vision of Made in Britain.
“We are delighted to welcome Airedale to the fast-growing Made in Britain community. Manufacturing and innovation in the thermal technology sector is well represented in our membership but Airedale’s work across commercial, industrial and the public sector means the Made in Britain marque will have an extended reach. The more buyers, specifiers and consumers that see the marque, the louder the voice to promote British made goods and the great companies that make them.”
John Pearce, Chief Executive of Made in Britain
For Airedale, Made in Britain will highlight the provenance of Airedale’s multi-award winning, UK-manufactured cooling systems, such as the TurboChill™ (CIBSE Building Performance Awards Energy Saving Product of the Year 2015), and the SmartCool™ (Data Centre Solutions Datacentre Energy Efficiency Product of the Year).
Airedale exports to customers in over 60 different countries, including the Far-East, Middle-East, Africa, and countries as far as New Zealand.
“Our systems are engineered to perform. Conceptualised, designed, developed and manufactured in the UK, and applied worldwide. With innovation, performance and efficiency at their heart, we are proud of our British heritage. It is the values of quality British manufacturing that provides us with a platform to compete on a domestic and global scale, with world-class, industry leading cooling solutions.
By joining Made in Britain, unlike the vast proportion of our competitors, we are able to adopt a mark of distinction to our customer base. It is an assurance of quality, support and performance that is the DNA of our brand, and is demonstrated in the customer orientated systems we deliver.”
Tony Cole, Managing Director of Airedale International Air Conditioning
Closer to home, the impact manufacturing has had on the local community has been tremendous. Airedale has 438 employees based at the Rawdon manufacturing HQ, and employs a further 107 staff members, of which over 50 are technical, controls and service and maintenance engineers who provide aftersales support to some of the UK’s largest data centres, maintaining uptime, and most importantly, energy efficiency.
UK manufacturing provides strong growth not just for the UK economy as a whole, but also for enriching local communities with opportunities, otherwise outsourced to countries where production and labour costs are lower.
“The Made in Britain marque is all about growing. We are a manufacturer who has innovation at our heart. Ambitions to grow, plans to increase sales, invest in people and deliver for the economy. UK manufacturing provides a strong foundation for growth in the UK. By embracing ‘Made in Britain’ as a celebration of ‘Best of British’, we can represent the pride of our employee base, deliver next generation systems to support our customer’s growth and develop a market for now and the future.” Mr Cole said.
For more information please visit www.airedale.com; connect@airedale.com; @AiredaleAC.
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