Manufacturer Spotlight: FloControl

Manufacturer Spotlight: FloControl

Oct 30, 2022 |NBS |2 Minute Read
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FloControl is a mechanical engineering business, located in Burnley, Lancashire, with a sales office in London. 

We caught up with Marketing Manager Anke Taylor to find out more about FloControl’s products, which are now available to find, select and specify on NBS Source. Here’s what Anke told us… 

We supply the most advanced fluid management solutions directly to the UK building services industry. We continuously review innovative technology from all over the world to minimise energy consumption and optimise indoor climate control, resulting in a comprehensive range of control valves and associated pipeline products, which are available on their own or as prefabricated assemblies for fluid handling applications. 

Commercial buildings require a wide range of different valve, pipeline, and ancillary products, for plant rooms, distribution mains or terminal units for heating and cooling applications. Through an integrated, holistic approach to the use of hydronic system components, FloControl supports projects from the design phase, suggesting innovative technology and modular concepts with pre-assembled components, to solve applicational challenges. 

Our unique practical application and global product knowledge enables us to conceive and deliver bespoke pre-assembled solutions, integrating state-of-the-art products from multiple suppliers and components specifically manufactured for the UK building services market, ensuring clients receive solutions that meet their specifications and budget in the rapidly changing environment of new technologies and energy sources. 

At the heart of our product range are the most energy-efficient mechanical and electronic pressure independent control and smart valves from FlowCon and Belimo. These products provide superior indoor comfort and reduce the energy consumption, capital, installation and commissioning costs of heating and cooling systems in commercial buildings as well as the building’s carbon footprint. 

The demand for off-site assembled products is growing rapidly. FloControl was at the forefront of designing valve assemblies to project specifications. Our design and assemble flexibility and applications knowledge have set the standard in the UK building services market, placing our FloSet range as a market leading go-to solution for pre-assembled terminal unit valve sets for system designers, mechanical engineering contractors, OEMs, and distributors.

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" Not only does NBS provide our products with exposure in the right place at the right time, it also offers comparison and ranking features to specifiers so that they can quickly see the benefits of our products without having to trail through endless brochures and data sheets from many different suppliers."

When we found out about NBS Source and NBS Chorus, we immediately realised how much easier it is for specifiers to be presented with relevant products when they are writing their specifications. Joining Source fit perfectly with our strategy to provide exceptional service throughout all stages of a project. 

Specifiers that haven’t worked with us yet can take comfort in the fact that our product data has been authored by the NBS onboarding team, meaning that it’s always accurate and up-to-date. 

You can now find, select and specify FloControl products via NBS Source. 

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