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Track Record

Development Work

Lucy Switchgear
“The team at the Narec’s laboratories have worked with us to develop, test and certify our switchgear for many years. We have always been confident in their service delivery and the rigorous procedures, which they go to, to ensure that our equipment is checked and re-checked according to the latest industry standards.”

John Casey CEng MIMechE
Director of Research & Development

Electrical test and certification

Balfour Beatty - Utility Solutions
“Narec was the only company prepared to work and develop with us a bespoke testing method to meet our requirements – which were above and beyond the standard which would normally be expected for this type of equipment.  Narec was able to look at our requirements and optimise both the testing method and the testing programme making more efficient use of our time and budget. The comprehensive documentation they subsequently provided has set a real industry benchmark.”

Alex Lucas
Line Design Engineer
Powerbar Ltd
“As a provider of high quality busbar trunking solutions, Powerbar demands
stringent and reliable testing and certification to support our products.
NaREC have provided us with an excellent service, delivering and managing on our behalf a specially created series of tests for our busbar trunking system which fully met with our requirements.”

Adrian Sheridan
Manager

Bushing Tests

Trench (UK)
“Trench is one of the largest bushing manufacturers in the world. We have a longstanding relationship with Narec’s Electrical Networks Division utilising their facilities and expertise to test and certify our range of bushing equipment. Manufacturing large pieces of equipment can result in challenging testing and condition simulating a challenge that Narec are capable of meeting for us.”

Gary Taylor
Senior Engineer and Regional Sales Manager
Winder
“Narec regularly certifies our Power & Distribution transformers. Their impulse testing is highly reliable and we have never been let down by their team. We know that our equipment is in the safest of hands at Narec and we are confident that if a piece of equipment is accredited through Narec, that it is ready for a lifetime of safe, reliable use within the network. We, and our suppliers, cannot afford to commission a piece of equipment that later fails in use, and it is for this reason that we rely on Narec for our certification and testing.”

Andy Pinkney
Operations Director




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