How It All Began...

Our history began in 1975 in a shed less than 5 miles from our current location, where our company, originally Engineering Design Services, designed and produced a staircase and fittings for the house of Mr. Johnson, working with our customer Booker Fitzgerald.  Obviously, this isn’t the product which we produce today; the first Slip Ring we developed was for use on a children’s ride and was designed and manufactured by the founder, Jim Parkinson. 

In 1976, Engineering Design Services were introduced to Trolex Ltd. Initially drawing flameproof enclosures, before quickly expanding into manufacturing, this relationship developed and later saw us adopt their name, becoming Trolex Engineering.

During 1977, with our knowledge of flameproof equipment established, Steve Rogers joined the company and we made our venture into oil and gas exploration; pioneering the design, manufacture, assembly, certification and delivery of the first flameproof electrical Slip Ring for use on a pedestal crane, for our customer National Supply.  This Slip Ring was returned to us for refurbishment in 2014 and is still in service and fully operational today!