6/02/2012 Hon Greg Combet recognises Ampcontrol's innovation
19/12/2011 Scotland’s Secretary of State visits Ampcontrol Allenwest
19/12/2011 Investing in the future
18/11/2011 Manufacturing an economic lifeline
8/11/2011 VVVF drives and electrical protection in the mining environment
The Ampcontrol Group is a leading international supplier of electrical and electronic products to the power, energy and mining sectors. With strategically positioned operations around the world, our products and services are internationally recognised. We operate sites across Australia and internationally in China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom allowing us to meet the needs of our global customers.
We pride ourselves on providing superior products and services to all our market sectors including Surface & Underground Mining, Power Distribution, Energy, Oil & Gas/Petroleum, Defence, HVAC & Environmental Monitoring, Tunnelling, Industrial, Infrastructure, and Automotive/Camping.
Underpinning our success is our ability to identify client needs and provide a competitive advantage through our vertically integrated operations. Through the operation of our three divisional identities, Power, Electronics and Service, we are able to target complete solutions and ultimately serve our customer needs. We offer complete in-house designed and manufactured packages of electrical and electronic products engineered to international standards, incorporating individual components to provide total electrical solutions.
The Ampcontrol Group
The Ampcontrol Group has almost 300 years of combined experience.
Established in 1918, our UK operation Ampcontrol Allenwest is a specialist designer and manufacturer of flameproof electrical distribution and motor control equipment for use in coal mining, oil & gas and other hazardous areas.
On 1 September 2011, Allenwest Wallacetown changed its name to Ampcontrol UK Ltd trading as Ampcontrol Allenwest.
ATF Mining Electrics has specialised in manufacturing electrical systems and equipment for the mining and hazardous area sectors for 30 years.
Established in 1982, Austech Instruments has almost 30 years experience in the design and manufacture of gas detection equipment and systems serving the market sectors of oil & gas, petrochemical, marine, defence, heavy industry, building services and utilities.
On 1 July 2011 Austech Instruments business and assets were acquired by Ampcontrol CSM Pty Limited.
Burn Brite is a specialist designer and manufacturer of portable and fixed industrial, hazardous area and mine lighting with 55 years experience in research and development of lighting products for automotive, camping and industrial applications.
Utilising the latest technology and skills in cable management, the Ampcontrol Group has 24 hour cable repair and maintenance services available to carry out remedial action by highly trained and skilled teams.
ResTech is a research and development company combining the skills, competencies, knowledge and diversity of Ampcontrol and the intellectual vitality and expertise of the University of Newcastle.
Our vision is to make a powerful difference; we achieve this by aspiring to be leaders in all that we do. Ampcontrol is a strong corporate citizen, a leader of industry, an international organisation and a symbol of success for others to follow.
The iMAC System is an integrated monitoring and control system, designed specifically for long line distributed monitoring and control for hazardous areas in mining and industry.