A DEMAND that Thorite was happy to meet 

Most people dislike dealing with demands, but when Thorite's Managing Director Stephen Wright was contacted by DEMAND, the hard working Yorkshire charity Design & Manufacturing for Disability, he was more than happy to make an immediate response. 

DEMAND is located in Brockholes, Holmfirth, dedicated to solving the challenges and overcoming the frustrations in the daily life of disabled people. Its talented designers create innovative solutions to enable people with disabilities achieve more and its team of craftsmen can turn their hands to many manufacturing tasks in its workshop - they can rivet, upholster, weld, mill, sandblast or paint, to list just a few of their skills. 

Unfortunately the workshop's old compressor had finally expired, meaning that any riveting and stapling had to be done by hand, which was not only wrist-breaking and tedious, but also very slow - and sandblasting was impossible. 

Discussions about a new replacement were held and Thorite was mentioned as being the leading source for all things pneumatic, from air compressors to complete processing systems, and Stephen Wright, the founder's great, great grandson was known to be a dedicated supporter of local manufacturing. A DEMAND fundraiser hoped that Stephen would understand the difficulties the charity faced and might be persuaded to help. 

Speaking of DEMAND's plight Stephen said: "I was very concerned to hear of the problems the charity was trying to overcome and more than pleased to respond to their request. We've now delivered a Thorite own-brand Diamond TH29200 air compressor to DEMAND's workshop in Brockholes and I'm delighted to hear that their manufacturing output is already back up to speed." 

Last year more than 3,700 people benefitted from DEMAND's charitable work and as the purchase of tools and equipment is one of the charity's major costs, the money saved by Thorite's donated compressor will be used to create bespoke solutions to help even more disabled people. 

Further Information: Ross Gowler

Thorite Marketing and Engineering Services Director

Tel: 01274 663471

Email:ross.gowler@thorite.co.uk

Web:www.thorite.co.uk 

(Image shows Thorite delivering the Diamond compressor to DEMAND's premises) 

Note to Editors

A family owned business since its foundation in 1850, Thorite has grown to become theUK's largestdistributor of pneumatic products and process systems. From its head office in Bradford, which also houses the company's state of the art National Distribution Centre, showroom and trade sales centre, Thorite has expanded to create a regional network of pneumatics Sales and Service Centres in Blackburn, Bolton, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rochdale, Sheffield, North Shields and the West Midlands. 

Thorite, Thorite House, Laisterdyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 8BZ.