Jack Blair is the Managing Director of JDB Environmental Ltd and brings a wealth of experience to the industry through years of work in telemetry, instrumentation and equipment within water & sewage treatment.
Background
After studying at Belfast College of Technology back in 1960 he began working in the telephone industry and was Area Engineer for AEI Telecommunications Ltd. His career developed from there into instrumentation & control in ICI Ltd, before moving on to Kent Instruments Ltd, in 1973.
He was employed by DD Butler Ltd, a company that emerged from Kent Instruments in 1975 to cover sales and service of instrumentation for the George Kent Group in Northern Ireland. Jack became Technical Manager, a position he held for over 20 years, and his role involved both technical and application sales. The company's main client was the Water Service, but they also supplied food processing plants, dairies, general industry and district councils.
The launch of JDB Instrumentation
The opportunity arose for Jack to launch his own business in June 2002. JDB Instrumentation was formed, and was favoured with promoting a number of key agencies all related to the water and sewage industries. Jack has, over the years, built strong relationships with public utilities, contractors and consulting engineers, whilst developing extensive expertise in telemetry equipment, water & electricity metering, process analysers and leakage detection.
New Ventures with JDB Environmental Ltd.
New areas of business opportunity arose when Jack was approached by various manufacturers and suppliers to represent them in Northern Ireland, covering the following products:
Small package sewage treatment systems
Rain water harvesting systems
Merus Rings: Anti-corrosion / anti-limescale units
Energy Management Software packages
That opened the door to an extended client base, offering product and services to architects, building contractors, schools, public amenities and private individuals. The company name was changed to JDB Environmental Ltd, in January 2007 to encompass all of the areas of business covered, incorporating both the original telemetry / instrumentation with the new environmental products.
As Jack grows and develops the business he looks forward to the future and continuing success.
