About KC Controls

Welcome to the KC Controls Ltd website, here you will find a host of products for use in a variety of applications in the measurement, control and automation markets. KC Controls was first started in 1986, and by providing high quality products alongside good customer service, KC has now grown to become a significant part of our customers’ supply chain.

Representing key suppliers to the industry such as ABB, Parker and Optek (to name but three) KC brings that vital link of product knowledge into the client application assuring that your process goals are met and process improvement can be achieved. With the wide range of products and expertise, we pride ourselves in providing application solutions, enhanced with our capability to package fittings and knowhow to the products we provide.

Each of the KC Controls divisions has a wealth of knowledge in their individual fields and at the same time provides the complete supply solution by working together to ensure a packaged solution.

If you are looking for a single sensor or fitting, or seeking a single package solution to a complex measurement and control application, KC Controls will be able to assist you.

KC Controls, the largest ABB instrumentation channel partner in the UK has a range of products to fit most applications. Pressure transmitters, temperature measurement, controllers, chart recorders, data loggers, indicators, positioners, i/p converters, flow measurement, analytical and more instruments are available. All supplied with the extra knowledge and customer assistance you would expect from an expert distribution channel. Indeed many of our customers come back to KC Controls in order to gain from our experience and assist with those problematic applications.

KC Instrumentation Products a Parker distribution channel, is the perfect partner to KC Controls offering supply solutions for all the fittings, manifolds and impulse lines required to successfully connect instrumentation to your process. The product portfolio includes A-lok and CPI, Valves such as Ball, Plug, Needle, Metering, Check and Relief Valves and Manifolds such as the H series and Hi Pro range. Indeed the range and our expertise has increased to include the Parker Process, Air and Gas filtration, Parker Solenoid valves including the Lucifer/Skinner and Goldring products and Parker Hydraulic Filtration, Balston Filtration and Parker high purity system, enabling a high level of solution offering.

KC Photek is currently the newest of the KC Controls Divisions, taking the Optek products to market and solving applications with Online Photometric Technology. Measurements of turbidity, colour and ultra-violet absorbance all assist in gaining the full knowledge of your process. From cell growth control in the Bio-tech industry, to beer quality monitoring in breweries and ensuring environmental compliance by oil in water detection on oil production platforms. KC Photek has a wide spectrum of applications knowledge to join it’s sister divisions in bringing good quality products to meet customer needs.

Please look around our web site; we hope the information here will be useful to you. However, if you cannot find what you require or need further assistance, such as telephone support on a product, a local visit to assist your instrument or fitting choice, or just need to talk over your applications, please feel free to call us. We will assure you of our best possible attention at all times.

Mark Howarth - Managing Director

Customer Care

Customer Care and Service are paramount in the KC controls portfolio and we ensure that every product we sell is supported, either through our own network of service and support engineers or from the original manufacturer. In many cases KC Controls not only supply but install, commission, calibrate and service your instrumentation, whether initially sourced through us or already installed on your plant.

Our quality system is approved to ISO 9001:2000.

To view copies of our quality certificates please click here.