Company History
The story of Northern Connectors - Passion, Expertise and Loyalty
Northern Connectors was established over 35 years ago by husband and wife team Keith and Linda Hewitt. From humble beginnings trading from a small unit in St Helens with initially just one franchise agreement, the business has grown to become a celebrated and successful company which represents over ten of the industry’s top connector manufacturers.
Northern Connectors remains a family run business with both first and second generation now involved in the day to day running of the company. The passion and expertise that runs through the whole of Northern Connectors is a key element to the Company’s success and has lead to many long-standing, excellent relationships with suppliers and customers alike.
Please take a moment to read the key milestones of our business as shown below.
1983 - Northern Connectors Supplies and Services established at Jackson Street, St. Helens, with Burndy franchise1988 - Company extend unit from 500 to 1000ft21989 - Northern Connectors become a Limited Company1990 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Radiall1993 - Move into new 3000ft2 purpose built premises at Abbotsfield Road, St. Helens, situated on one acre of land1993 - FCI award Northern special award for 'Outstanding Sales Performance and Growth'1994 - Northern’s new premises officially opened by Regional Director of the Government Office for Merseyside1995 - ISO 9001 : 2000 accreditation awarded1996 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Weidmuller1997 - Receive CIE/ECIF 'Excellence in Distribution Award'1998 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Harting1998 - FCI award Northern special award in recognition of '15 Years Loyalty and Exceptional Success'1998 - Receive 'Supplier of the Year' award from Park Air Electronics1999 - Radiall present Northern with special award for 'Fastest Growing Distributor for RF Connectors'1999 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Alpha Wire2000 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Hirschmann2001 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Binder2002 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting2002 - Alstom Traction award Northern Connectors with kan ban contract2003 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 2nd year running2005 - Souriau award Northern Connectors the VAD assembly for UT0 and UT0W series2006 - Souriau award Northern Connectors the VAD assembly for UTS series2006 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Conec2007 - Sign franchised distribution agreement with Lumberg Automation2007 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 3rd time2008 - Northern Connectors celebrates 25 Years in the Electronics Industry2008 - Become fully authorised distributor for Hummel2010 - Northern Connectors celebrates 20 years representing Radiall2010 - Sign franchise distribution agreement with Binder2011 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 4th time2012 - Northern Connectors become 'Preferred Distribution Partner (Gold Status)' for Hirschmann2012 - Northern Connectors become 'Preferred Distribution Partner (Gold Status)' for Lumberg Automation2013 - Northern Connectors celebrates 30 years in the Electronics Industry2013 - Binder award Northern Connectors for being the 'Top Performing Distributor' of their Snap in IP67 Connectors2013 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 5th time2014 - Become a distribution partner for Mennekes2014 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 6th time2015 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 7th time2016 - Northern Connectors celebrates 20 years representing Weidmuller2017 - ISO 9001 : 2015 accreditation awarded2017 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 8th time2018 - Northern Connectors celebrates 20 years representing Harting2018 - Northern Connectors celebrates 35 years in the Electronics Industry2019 - Receive 'Specialist Distributor of the Year' award from Harting for the 9th time
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