JDR is a provider of subsea technologies and services that provide control and power delivery for both the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors of the global offshore energy industry.
History
In 1971 Peter Jacques and G.H. Chaplin formed ''Jacques Chaplin Engineering'' based in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...
manufacturing industrial hoses. In 1981 the company relocated to
Littleport, Cambridgeshire
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about north-east of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely and south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burn ...
under the name ''GH Chapling (Eng)''. In 1983 the company was acquired by
Rotork, and renamed Jacques Rotork. In 1988 a management consortium bought the company and the business became known as Jacques Cable Systems.
In c.1991
Bromsgrove Industries acquired Jacques Cable and in 1994 acquired ''De Regt Special Cables'' - the two businesses were merged under Bromsgrove and renamed ''Jacques De Regt Cable Systems'', later ''JDR Cable Systems''. In 1988 overall ownership was acquired by
NatWest Equity Partners. In 2007 the business was acquired jointly by Vision Capital,
Goldman Sachs
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and management.
After the 2007 acquisition the company established a factory at the
Port of Hartlepool at a cost of c. £30 million, enabling easy transhipment of undersea cables direct to ship.
In 2011 the company's Dutch subsidiaries, its marine cable division, ''JDR Cable Systems Holdings Netherlands BV'', and ''JDR Cable Systems BV'' (nr. Rotterdame) were sold to
Fugro NV, and renamed '' De Regt Marine Cables''.
By 2015 the Hartlepool facility had expanded to include of warehousing and employed 180 persons, driven by orders from the offshore oil and gas and wind industries. In early 2016 the business began constructing an additional factory at Hartlepool.
In 2021, the firm announced that it would open a new factory near
Blyth with both private and state funding.
References
External links
*{{citation, url = http://www.jdrcables.com/, title = JDR, work = www.jdrcables.com, type = official website
Electrical engineering companies of the United Kingdom
Hartlepool
Companies based in Cambridgeshire