Electrical Review

For 65 years family-run Slaters Group has been creating powerful energy solutions for the UK and beyond, and as it celebrates its milestone birthday this year it has no plans on retiring. In fact the company is looking to the future and embracing new technologies entering the industry.

The fourth generation power engineering family business was originally set up on Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside in 1946 by Mr Harold. W. Slater. Since then the firm has passed through the Slater family tree, seeing it grow to become an internationally recognised brand.

Today sees the future direction of the business lie with Harold Slaters' great grand children, Phil and Fiona Slater.

Power transformers are critical, capital-intensive assets for utilities and industry. Their failure is unacceptable because, as well as the severe damage which can occur to the asset itself the effect of its failure on the network can be disastrous. However, replacing on a time basis is not the alternative since replacement costs for these assets can be enormous and so it is important to keep the transformer in service as long as possible.