KANE ENGINEERING
HISTORY
LV Switchboard assembly area in Kane Engineering’s Newtownards factory.
KANE ENGINEERING LIMITED IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN NAMES IN NI’S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY AND A LEADING SUPPLIER OF LOWVOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR; WE LOOK BACK OVER ITS HISTORY, PEOPLE AND PROJECTS ALONG THEWAY... Kane Engineering Limited celebrates 50-yearmilestone
B efore Kane Engineering was retired) had been dipping a toe into the switchgear market part-time, trading as ‘Century Engineering’, whilst also holding down a full-time job as an Electrical Foreman for Hendron Bros. When he later decided that the business had enough potential to take it on full- established as a limited company, founder Raymond Kane (now time, he saved up enough money to pay the mortgage and family bills for the six months ahead. He established the business in March 1971 as ‘Kane Engineering Limited’. The company name’s choice was straightforward in hindsight; Raymond
was setting out to build a business he could be proud of, and there was no better way of keeping the focus on that than by putting his own name on every product to be designed and manufactured. The early days The company’s first business premises were in Belfast – which turned out not to be the best location for a new business during the turbulent 1970s. After a couple of years, Raymond decided to relocate to a rented industrial unit in South Street, Newtownards. Not long after that, with the business quickly gaining a good reputation amongst electrical contractors, he decided to build a new factory in Glenford
Industrial Estate in the town, a location that has been expanded over the years and remains the base of operations and manufacturing today.
Kane Engineering Ltd, Glenford Road, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 4AU T: +44 (0)28 9181 4465 - E: info@kane-engineering.co.uk www.kane-engineering.co.uk
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