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WORDS: ADAM STEEL
PICTURES: TOM BANKS
Aycliffe
firm
provides
‘vital’
air for
E-Types
21st Century air
compression system
helps to restore
classic cars…
A
n Aycliffe Business Park-based firm
which specialises in air compressors
and blowers has supplied a “vital” air
compression system to Evolution E-Types,
a company in Darlington which specialises
in the manufacture of an E-Type for the 21st
century.
A cold call to Evolution E-Types following a
October 2017 move from Gateshead to new
premises on Aycliffe Business Park led to Air
Compressors and Blowers (ACB) sealing the
deal, worth just under £25,000.
ACB is part of the TFG group of companies
with a head office in Sheffield and is
motoring along nicely at the moment as it
remains on course for a fifth consecutive
year of year-on-year growth.
Part of the British Compressed Air Society,
it is the only authorised distributor of Gardner
Denver products in the North East and has
more than 300 clients, 72% of which are in
the DL, DH and TS postcodes but also span
from the Scottish Borders down to Wetherby
and across to Cumbria.
It also distributes Hydrovane, Reavell and
Elmo Rietschle compressed air and vacuum
equipment, and has installed two Hydrovane
air compressors– HV 15 and HR 07 models
– at Evolution E-Types’ premises at Alliance
Business Park in Darlington which includes
a lathe shop, workshop, and paint and
machining areas.
Founded by managing director Uryk
Dmyterko 25 years ago, Evolution E-Types
restore and ‘evolutionise’ immaculate and
ACB Group sales director Paul
Sparke with Evolution E-Types’
business development manager
Hayley Campbell.
bespoke versions of the
“The cars they manufacture are absolutely
E-Type, retaining the
fantastic and iconic and it’s brilliant that we
iconic Sixties classic’s
luxurious original
have been able to help them out with an air
integrity while adding
compression system.”
their own touches and
parts for a superior
modern-day driving experience.
importance to a business like Evolution
And both firms are blown away by the
E-Types, Sparke said: “Without compressed
deal’s outcome, with air compression
air you can’t run a place like this, so it gets
essential to the Evolution E-Types creative
called the fourth utility after your water, gas
process.
and electricity.
ACB Group sales director Paul Sparke said:
“The compressed air is used for
“I’m not actually the biggest car fan – I’ll sit
fabrication, CNC machines, tool change,
and watch Top Gear – but you can’t help but
buffering, plasma machines - you name it.
be impressed by what Evolution E-Types do.
Even spraying the cars.”
“When I got to the end of the production
“It was more labour-intensive to do than
line I was like, ‘Wow, has that car come from
anything,” he added.
that unit over there to here?’
“The design was based on what they
“I was really blown away. It’s one of those
had, what they were using, and just from
sites where you don’t really want to leave.
experience I knew what size to supply but
“The cars they manufacture are absolutely
also give them a little bit of a buffer for the
fantastic and iconic and it’s brilliant that we
future.
have been able to help them out with an air
“Their unit was slightly different to the
compression system.”
others that we do, because normally the
Explaining the installation and its
distribution pipework we do we would