Otter Controls

Founded in 1946, Otter Controls has been manufacturing bi-metal switches and thermostats for decades at our head office in Buxton UK

Today, the Otter Group operates globally, with offices and factories in the UK, the Netherlands, Hungary, India, China, and Hong Kong. As an innovative engineering and manufacturing company, we specialize in kettle controls, small domestic appliance connectors, bimetallic safety cut-outs, and motor protectors. We provide a range of standard products and offer our engineering and manufacturing expertise for bespoke projects. As the parent company of a larger group, we provide an even broader array of products, expertise, and manufacturing services through our subsidiaries.

About Us

Founded in 1933 Ferro Techniek BV has grown from an enamelling company serving the local white goods industry into the world market leader in thick film heating technology.

Ferro Techniek serves customers of all sizes throughout the world with customised solutions based on thick film heating. The drivers of success are innovation, based upon a skilled team, their hard earned experience and willingness to go the extra mile.

Sustainability is key. Thick film heating can make difference as the technology is very energy efficient and smart. It will just heat what you need.

The headquarters of Ferro Techniek are based in the Netherlands. Manufacturing sites are located in Hungary and China. Ferro Techniek is part of the Otter Controls Group.

About Us

St. Davids Assemblies Limited is one of the UK’s leading injection moulders, operating from a 33,000 square foot factory in Pembrokeshire. We supply customised high-precision technical mouldings for various markets including Automotive, Domestic, Military, and Medical. We are a certified ISO 9001 organisation, and have the highest environmental accreditation in Wales, Green Dragon 5.

St. Davids Assemblies Limited has been manufacturing high volumes of precision components since 1951. These have predominantly been bimetallic safety controls and cordless connector systems utilising all of our production techniques.

The Company’s longstanding reputation for innovation and quality combined with the latest production techniques and prototype development makes it an ideal choice for those who are seeking to consolidate or expand into new spheres.

As part of the Otter Controls group, we enjoy all the benefits of international company backing, whilst maintaining a hands-on SME approach with our customers.

Dunford and Pearson is a specialist manufacturer of electro-mechanical assemblies control panels, wiring harnesses and cable assemblies for world leading companies.

Our proud reputation is earned by delivering value adding, customer focused solutions, to the highest possible quality standards. Our services aim to provide the lowest ‘total cost’ of supply to improve bottom line profit for your business.

By offering a tailored solution, we aim to deliver maximum savings to your manufacturing & logistics processes. This enables you to focus your resources towards other core skills such as R&D, design, configuration, sales and marketing.

We are also proudly part of the Otter Controls Group, which has 9 manufacturing sites in the UK, China, India, and Europe with a turnover in excess of £60 Million.

Whole Life Solutions from LCS

LCS are committed to satisfying ‘Whole Life Cost Effective Solutions’ for the Railways. The Product range is designed to provide low maintenance, cost effective, long life solutions for the Railway Isolation & Bonding requirements. These products aim to speed up the isolation and bonding to enable maintenance and renewal work to be carried out during over night possessions. Quick and secure bonding enables work to start promptly after the last train movements of the day and allows the possession to run closer to the resumption of train operations the next day. L.C. Switchgear have a reputation for high quality reliable products which enable railways to operate more efficiently and safely. These products can provide cost savings where for example the duration of a track possession for routine maintenance can be increased by ensuring quicker safe access to the track and reduced time required to re-instate the power at the end of the works. The low maintenance requirements provide life cost savings, throughout the long service life of the products.