Actia (UK) Ltd came into being in 1994 following the phased acquisition of Tekhne Ltd by Actia Group.

The company turnover steadily increased as Actia (UK) achieved business with bus and coach manufacturers for power management products, such as Aladin on Dennis vehicles, instrumentation and dash panels. The introduction of Multibus provided the opportunity for bus and coach manufacturers to adopt fully multiplexed electrical systems and today Actia (UK) supplies Alexander Dennis, Optare and Plaxton with their multiplexing requirements.

Increasing engineering resource equipped Actia (UK) with the ability to develop custom multiplexed switch panels and related electronics to cut down costs and complexity for bus and coach manufacturers.

Acquisitions by Actia Group during the early nineties has also resulted in Actia (UK) having access to a range of high quality audio video products from Actia Videobus and state-of-the-art digital surveillance from Actia I+ME in Germany.

Actia Group has supplied 70,000 diagnostics tools in 140 countries, 750,000 trucks are fitted with Actia DC-DC converters, 13,000 buses and coaches are fitted with MultiBus, and 80,000 equipped with Actia Videobus products.

Backed by the resource of the Actia group of companies we bring some of the best European automotive products to the UK managed by 28 multi-skilled staff in Newtown Powys.

It is an indication of Actia (UK) Ltd’s success that approximately 57% of new buses sold in the UK and 38% of coaches are equipped with Actia multiplexed electrical wiring.