Centrax open their doors to the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter

Devon engineering company, Centrax, recently opened their doors to 30 members of the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter (MADE) for a site tour around the power generation factory. Centrax, based in Newton Abbot, manufacture industrial power generation equipment for the global market.

Members of MADE, part of Exeter’s Initiative for Science & Technology (ExIST) a sub-group of Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry, enjoyed an evening tour of the two manufacturing divisions – the Gas Turbine Division (GTD) and the Turbine Components Limited (CTCL).

Guests were guided round the Turbine Components division by Andy Stoddart – General Manager Engineering and Quality and Apprentice Aby Ferris who explained how Centrax manufactures high-quality machined components for civil and military aerospace and industrial gas turbines applications.

Harry Trump - General Manager, Dave Petty – Deputy Engineering Manager and Apprentice Beccy Rose took guests around the Gas Turbine division to demonstrate how the huge gas turbine-driven generator sets are manufactured for the power generation and Combined Heat and Power markets worldwide.

Harry Trump, General Manager of Centrax said: “We were very pleased to welcome representatives of local manufacturers to Centrax and to demonstrate our wide ranging capabilities in advanced component manufacture, Gas Turbine packaging and Customer Support.”

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