Founded in 1922, BEL is a privately owned engineering group based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Since its birth it has developed, through an organic process, an enviable suite of products which are internationally renowned.
Today, the group is focussed on supplying value added products to the markets in which it participates. The main product lines are
Division Activities
- BEL Valves - Bespoke Surface, Sub-Sea and Chemical Valves
- CMP Products - Cable Glands and Accessories
- Rotary Power - Hydraulic Piston Pumps and Slow Speed Motors
- Stephenson Gobin - Fire Safety Products and Electromagnetic Clutches and Brakes
- Stadium Packing - Export Packing, Storage and Case Making
- BEL Foundry - High Integrity Castings
BEL Vision
To own a suite of quality engineered products that are successful in their chosen markets because they bring superior value to the users.
BEL Mission
To create value through technical superiority and brand recognition backed up with a clear focus on fulfilling commitments to customers in terms of delivery, reliability and support.
People & Employee Development
As an organisation BEL is committed to training and development for all its employees. As well as aiming to ensure that all its employees are trained to carry out their responsibilities effectively and safely, BEL's policy is to encourage all employees to develop themselves to achieve their potential. In addition to promoting a wide range of training and development activities (both on and off the job) BEL actively works to develop and promote internal talent.
The Company has held the Investors in People Award continuously since 1993.
BEL also actively works to promote the development of engineers in the North East of England. In addition to its own very successful apprentice programme it has strong links with local education and training establishments, and provides considerable resources to support their activities.
Health And Safety
The BEL group operates under the mantra "Work Safe be Safe". The group is committed to continually reinforcing a culture whereby every employee thinks about how to perform a task safely before starting. Any accident is reported to the Health & Safety Department and details of it are then circulated to all managers in the group following a thorough investigation to ensure corrective actions have been taken to prevent a reoccurrence.
In addition to instilling a safety first culture into the organisation, a full time Health & Safety specialist is employed. This ensures risk assessments exist for all activities and that potential risks are either engineered out of the process or minimised through alternate working practices.
Group Values
Supporting all that we do BEL operates with a set of key principles:
- Integrity
- Customer Focus
- Commitment to Performance
- Teamwork
- Learn, Develop and Reward
- Social Responsibility