Founded in 1963 as a manufacturer of heating cables for the refrigeration and electric blanket markets, Thermocable has continued to innovate and develop, becoming the world leading manufacturer of linear detection cable and monitoring systems.
This transformation has been driven by our boundless desire to problem solve, as well as our fundamental company values, enabling us to supply to multi-disciplinary customers on a global scale.
Recognising our commitment to making the world a safer place, Thermocable was acquired by the renowned FTSE 100 plc, Halma, in February 2023. As a global group of life-saving technology companies, Halma companies strive to grow a safer, cleaner and healthier future for everyone.
Operating within the Apollo Group, we continue to innovate in high quality, certified linear detection products, designed to raise the bar in the industry.
As an IS0 9001:2015 accredited, internationally qualified category solutions provider, Thermocable offers a vertically integrated lean approach through design, development and manufacturing, providing reassurance of a flexible and responsive approach to our customer needs.
Dedicated to growing a vibrant and healthy culture, underpinned by the drive for safety, compliance and sustainability, our values include:
Embracing a shared approach to work, coupled with robust interpersonal relationships, we encourage positivity and productivity, working together to drive success.
We are committed to improving our abilities and product offering through effort, persistence, dedication and continual learning.
With success built on 6 decades of research and development, we nurture the aspirational and unconventional! We provide the autonomy to create and experiment, aiming for sustainable evolution.
Outstanding quality is a key factor in everything we produce, whether it’s related to safety, reliability or durability. The Thermocable ethos is built on a foundation of technical merit and exceptional results.
We surround ourselves with partners who are committed to protecting the communities and environments we serve. We instil honesty, trust, support and loyalty in all of the relationships we build.
Thermocable Flexible Elements Limited was founded in 1963, first trading as Thermo-Insulations (Yorkshire) Limited and changed its name to Thermocable (Flexible Elements) Limited in 1978, moving to our current premises at Pasture Lane, Clayton, Bradford in 1980.
Here the foundations were laid to provide longevity as a successful trading entity with a rich heritage of product development and innovation.
Equipment designed and engineered in-house, delivered the capability to produce heating cables with market leading flexibility, the key requirement for long-lasting electric blankets. As time progressed the manufacture of flexible heating cables became Thermocable’s core competence.
Harnessing this considerable in house expertise led to our association with the innovation, design and manufacture of these cables as demand continued to grow.
Thermocable began to export flexible heating cables to electric blanket manufacturers in Europe, South Africa and Hong Kong in the late 1990’s, and in 2001 acquired an additional facility to manage increasing demands on the business, especially with the anticipation of exporting heating cables to the USA.
As new markets were being established, it became clear that increased globalisation combined with manufacturers moving production facilities overseas, would lead to the demise of manufacturing electric blankets in the UK.
The business began an intensive research and development programme to identify new cables that could be developed and manufactured from existing technologies and to diversify and penetrate new and more robust markets. The outcome; a suite of linear detection products developed and qualified to international product approvals.
We have subsequently safeguarded our product innovations and approvals with the appropriate patents and trademarks. This has been followed by vertically integrating our supply chain to increase control over product quality and availability. Our manufacturing facility is now state of the art and contains a purpose-built testing laboratory to measure consistency in the goods produced and to further strengthen our product development capabilities.
Thermocable continues to raise the bar by launching new products to the marketplace based on internal R&D and customer feedback - our ProReact brand in particular has accumulated quick traction in the industry and is now widely recognised across the globe as a leading brand name in linear heat detection.
Recognised as a leading developer and manufacturer of Linear Heat Detectors, with continued scope for expansion, Thermocable were delighted to join Halma’s global group of life-saving technology companies in February 2023.
“Thermocable’s specialist technologies will further enhance Apollo’s existing strengths in fire detection and alarm systems for industrial and commercial customers,” said Andrew Williams, Group Chief Executive of Halma. “They will enable Apollo to address a greater range of customer needs in niche applications for a variety of sectors such as urban infrastructure and transportation, logistics, natural resources and emerging applications in renewable power generation.”
Backed by Halma, the team at Thermocable continues to grow through the recruitment of skilled and experienced individuals whose contribution will support the next phase of our international sales and product development.
