About Us

Thistle Group Introduction Thistle Marine Thistle Hydraulic Solutions Thistle Design & Engineering

Thistle Group (Thistle Marine) is a Scottish company established in 1978. The company has a very close association with the commercial marine fishing and offshore oil & gas industry and operates its services on an international scale.

Thistle Group operates three specialist business streams covering all aspects of the industry, Thistle Marine, Thistle Hydraulic Solutions and Thistle Design & Engineering.

Thistle Groups strength lie in its ability to conceptualise and then engineer an appropriate solution within budget and on schedule. Since its formation, Thistle Group has consistently provided a service that delivers maximum value to the fishing, aquaculture and oil & gas industry.

Thistle Group: Thistle Marine, Thistle Hydraulic Solutions and Thistle Design & Engineering work as a professional skilled “workforce” and provide a comprehensive team of specialists with a proven capability and industry knowledge to undertake the most demanding of projects on and offshore.

Thistle Marine with specialist support from its two Group divisions, undertake the design, manufacture, service and repair of cranes and deck equipment for the fishing, marine and oil & gas industry.

Thistle Hydraulic Solutions design and manufacture hydraulic deck equipment to meet the requirements of the fishing, marine and oil & gas offshore sector. In support of our design and manufacturing capability, we also have the in-house ability to adapt, convert and re-furbish ‘winch systems’ to suit specific application types.

Thistle Design & Engineering is the ‘conceptual’ backbone of the Groups innovations and it’s where our capabilities in problem solving are put through their paces. Thistle Design & Engineering have the in-house expertise to conceptualise and then design and engineer an appropriate solution. With Autocad and Solidworks 3D modelling support, Thistle Design & Engineering can provide complete sets of design drawings for standard and custom made winching lifting equipment and hydraulic circuits to a minimum of BS EN ISO 2000.

Meet Team Thistle

We love what we do and we do it with passion

Headquarters

Jim Clark

MANAGING DIRECTOR

07802 770500

Jason Clark

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

07730 812740

Jillian Reekie

OFFICE MANAGER

01779 477210

Kristy Mackie

ACCOUNTS ADMIN

01779 477210

Steven MacIntosh

STORES

01779 477210

Design & Machine Workshop

Gavin Thomson

MACHINE SHOP MANAGER

01771 624545