Rail contract tops a million pounds

Yorkshire-based Winder Electrical has beaten off strong international competition to win a contract in the development of a major rail link extension in south east England.

Yorkshire-based Winder Electrical has beaten off strong international competition to win a contract in the development of a major rail link extension in south east England.

Winder, one of the country's leading electrical engineering and transformer manufacturing companies, has secured the contract - worth GBP 1.2 million - to design, build and install 55 distribution and isolation transformers for 23 sites across London.

It is one of the biggest contracts in the company's 100-year history.

The transformers, ranging in size from 500kVA to 8MVA, will provide the power supply for ancillary equipment on a section of the transport link which runs from Fawkham Junction to St Pancras in the heart of the capital, via Dagenham and a crossing below the Thames.

Paul Matthews, General Manager at Winder Electrical, which has its headquarters in Stanningley, Leeds, worked for over a year to secure the contract.

Matthews said: "We are delighted to have been awarded such a prestigious and valuable contract".

"It is particularly rewarding to have competed successfully against much bigger companies, not just those based in the UK but others from abroad".

"Our customer has recognised that we can produce what they need quickly and to the high standards they demand".

"It is a great boost for the company and its workers to have been successful, particularly given the level of competition we were up against".

Matthews put the success down to Winder's flexibility.

"Because we have the expertise available to not just design and build the transformers, but to do the installation work as well, we have been able to come up with different concepts and provide choice options", he said.

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