Fairford Energy
Bristow House Gillard Way, , Lee Mill Industrial Estate, Ivybridge, Devon, United Kingdom

For over 35 years Fairford have been at the forefront of Innovation in the motor control industry designing and developing technologies that meet the growing increase in efficiency requirements.

We partner with organsiations globally to meet these needs whether through Corporate Social Responsibility or Energy Efficiency and Legislation. Fairford is a true innovator of energy efficient technologies for industry and are seen as one of the worlds most foremost providers of new technologies for efficient motor control.

Since 1979 we have focused our business on designing and developing technologies to meet these growing needs. Industrial sectors such as Oil and Gas, Vertical Transport and Process Control have all benefited from these advanced technologies and emerging markets are now working in partnership with us to meet the demand for energy reduction.

Over 40% of our workforce are dedicated to research and development and this is supported further by our global distribution base and in house manufacturing.

Bespoke solutions are at the core of what we do and our technologies can be adapted to meet the requirements of OEMs and integrated into complete control solutions. This includes the monitoring, control and reporting of energy usage and efficiencies which meet the ever increasing requirements of Industry 4.0.

In the mid seventies, Frank Nola of NASA invented an energy saving algorithm for single phase induction motors. Many commercial manufacturers tried to adapt this technology for three phase induction motors but failed.

However, in 1982, Fairford  became the first company in the world to design and produce the first fully digital three phase Soft Starter with automatic Energy Optimising – the Fairford EO System was granted patents in the USA, Japan, Australia and Europe.

By specialising exclusively in this one area, Fairford have been able to lead the market through innovative design and engineering excellence.

As a result, we have developed many new features with increasingly more effective solutions to suit all sizes and complexity of applications. Today, with a successful track record recognised around the world, Fairford are known internationally as the pioneers of digital soft starters and are still innovating today.

Our values

Honesty and integrity about what can be achieved and rigorous proving of our solutions before they are implemented. Creativity is valued and promoted among our highly skilled staff. Our customers know the issues they face and we listen intently to them, both in the creation of new concepts and the refinement of existing products.