Teddington Controls is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of quality pressure, temperature and flow rate control products used in many fields including Refrigeration, Gas, Oil, Solid Fuel, Engine P......Teddington Controls is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of quality pressure, temperature and flow rate control products used in many fields including Refrigeration, Gas, Oil, Solid Fuel, Engine Protection, Domestic Appliances, Central Heating, Industrial and Marine Panels. We operate as two divisions of specialised resource – Appliance Controls & Electronics. Both divisions are based at the St Austell site. We manufacture a complete range of automatic controls and equipment utilizing the very latest modern technology including microelectronics, CAD and a state of the art assembly and test plant at our site in St Austell, Cornwall. The commitment we have to the quality of our products and service is reflected in our Quality Assurance Control Standard BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and A class vendor rating awards. History... Teddington Refrigeration Controls and Teddington Appliance Controls were set up in Teddington in 1928 with a payroll of four, producing controls and automatic thermostats. The Company was known as British Thermostat Co. Limited. By 1931 the Company had expanded greatly and moved to new premises at Sunbury-on-Thames, with a payroll of 60. The variety of products grew and included refrigeration controls, car thermostats and seamless metallic bellows of various sizes, which were a speciality of the Company. In 1934 the Company collaborated with Rolls Royce to produce an experimental thermostat for their cars, and a prototype thermostat system that became the forerunner of nearly every system fitted to the Merlin engines during the war. Other equipment was produced for the Spitfire and Hurricane. During the war the Company grew considerably with a payroll of 2,300. After 1945 all aircraft work was moved to a factory in Merthyr and was known as Teddington Aircraft Controls Limited. The Sunbury factory reverted to its commercial refrigeration business. In 1951 an assembly Company was set up in France, but due to severe Italian competition production ceased in 1962 and the Company known as Teddington France S.A. confined itself to selling English made products. Due to a Government ban imposed on development in the South East a suitable site for expansion was sought elsewhere and finally St Austell was chosen and by 1967 the first factory section was completed. A further extension was started in 1968. In 1970 the British Thermostat Co. Limited Group was merged with United Gas Industries, and Teddington Aircraft Controls was sold in 1971. By 1974 all Teddington Autocontrols activities had been transferred to St Austell and the machine shop was transferred to a Government factory in Camborne. In 1979 the three Companies integrated into Teddington Appliance Controls and in the same year the Camborne factory was closed and component manufacture transferred to St Austell. In 1982 the Hanson Group purchased United Gas Industries. In 1986 it was decided to rationalise the existing factory and office space at St Austell and work started on re-building the upper factory area. In 1987 all the offices and machine shop moved into the new areas. In 1991 the Company acquired Teddington Industrial Equipment Limited. This led to the transfer to St Austell of the manufacture of Ministry of Defence Panels and additional engine protection controls. A management buy-out in 1993 formed a group of 10 companies including Teddington Controls Limited under SLD Holdings. In 1998 Teddington Controls Limited acquired Lizard Electronic Developments Limited, an electronics design and manufacturing company. Its production equipment and personnel were transferred to the St. Austell site. Vida Group, a group of companies focussed on measurement, monitoring and control, acquired the Company in February 2000. In October 2002, we saw an acquisition of Teddington Controls Ltd by Henderson Industries. Mr Philip Henderson currently operates as Managing Director/Chairman of the Company.