Centrax Limited is a privately owned company based in Newton Abbot, Devon in the South West of England. The company was founded in 1946 by Richard H H Barr OBE and the late Geoffrey R White after both worked with Sir Frank Whittle in the Power Jets Design Team during the Second World War - pioneering the use of the gas turbine for use in aircraft propulsion.

This background, together with nearly 60 years of experience in the industry, has given Centrax a worldwide reputation for quality and reliability in the power generation and complex component manufacture markets.

Today, Centrax comprises 2 manufacturing divisions - Gas Turbine Division (GTD) and Turbine Components Division (TCD), employing approximately 700 people across its Newton Abbot site and European depots. Centrax is approved to ISO9001:2000, AS9100 Rev A:2001 and ISO14001:1996 and is committed to Nadcap accreditation for special processes. With a £50m annual turnover in 2003, TCD and GTD combine to service diverse customers, products and markets.

Specialising in power generation, the Gas Turbine Division supplies gas turbine driven generator sets - of their own design and exclusively incorporating Rolls Royce turbines - in the range 2.5 to 6.3 MW, for the combined heat and power/cogeneration markets worldwide.

The Turbine Components Division is an approved supplier of high-quality complex machined components and assemblies to many of the major Original Equipment Gas Turbine engine manufacturing companies (OEM’s) world-wide, for Civil and Military Aerospace and Industrial gas turbines applications as well as for Military Auxiliary Power Units.