Storm sources, expedites, ships and finances everything your mining, energy, marine or construction operation runs on. Any supplier. Any site. One accountable team.
Remote operations live with a storm of suppliers, freight legs, paperwork and time zones. And one missing seal or sensor can stop a plant that took years to build.
Storm sits at the centre of all of it. We buy from any manufacturer, chase every line, check and consolidate it at our hubs and deliver it to your site, with one team answerable for the lot.
One
point of contact
A dedicated account manager who knows your site, your specs and your approved vendor list.
One
consolidated shipment
Orders from many suppliers, checked, photographed, packed and shipped together from our hubs.
One
live view of every order
A 24/7 tracking link, updated by our in-house expediting team. No login, easy to share with site.
Years keeping remote sites supplied
20
Storm hubs: UK, USA, South Africa, Mozambique
4
Continents with Storm offices, JVs or partners
6
Live order tracking, with no login needed
24/7
02What we do
Everything between the supplier and your site.
Use Storm for one urgent part or hand us your whole procurement function. Every service is managed by our own specialists.
Supply & sourcing
Spares, consumables and project materials from manufacturers and authorised distributors. Distribution agreements and real buying power mean better prices and lead times, passed straight to you.
Spares & MRO
PPE & safety
Electrical & instrumentation
Test & measurement
Conveyor components
Valves, gaskets & sealing
Pipe & fittings
Tyres
Project & bulk materials
Ad hoc orders, call-off agreements or long-term contracts.
You send one list. We handle every supplier, shipment and form between it and your gate.
01
Send your RFQ
Part numbers, specs, drawings or just a photo. A spreadsheet or an email, whatever’s quickest.
02
We source and quote
We go to manufacturers and vetted suppliers, then send an itemised quote with lead times and delivery options.
03
We expedite and inspect
Our in-house expeditors chase every line. Goods are checked, documented and photographed on arrival.
04
We consolidate and ship
Packed and crated at our hubs, shipped by air, sea or road, with customs paperwork handled.
05
Delivered to site
To your gate, port or vessel, with the whole journey visible from one tracking link.
Know where every order is. Day or night.
Every client gets a unique tracking link, kept current by our expediting team. It needs no login, so you can share it with site, finance and the vessel.
Live, timeline-style status for every order
Photographed, documented checks before anything ships
Storm has provided us with significant cost savings and streamlined our procurement processes. Professional, pragmatic and always willing to go above and beyond. Our engineers upstream enjoy the simplicity of a single point of contact for all requirements.
Offshore client, Central Africa
Storm are quick to respond and are competitive across a broad range of product categories we regularly procure. It is a pleasure to work with a company that provides a single point of contact and takes the time to visit site in person.
Client, West Africa
Our buying team regularly report that Storm is cost effective and a pleasure to deal with. They are able to offer not just the product but facilitated consultations and training on our remote sites.
Client, East Africa
06Global reach
Four hubs. Six continents. One team.
Storm’s own offices and warehouses work with group companies and joint-venture partners on the ground, so there’s always someone near your site who knows the ports, the paperwork and the people.
Storm office & warehouseGroup company, JV or partner
Every client gets a dedicated account manager, backed by specialists in sourcing, expediting, logistics and finance. People who pick up the phone and get on a plane to see your site.
SME Business of the Year 2024, Gold. Awarded by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the under-50-employees category.
Paul Alexander
Managing Director & founder
Stuart Addis
Operations Director
Emily Griffin
Finance Director
Shaun Kimpton
Sales Director
Twenty years in the making
2006Founded by Paul Alexander
2007South Africa office opens
2013Houston warehouse opens
2014First major outsourcing contract
2016Dedicated energy desk launched
2020Storm Mozambique opens
2021Storm Kazakhstan opens
2024SME Business of the Year, Gold
202620 years of keeping sites running
09Responsibility
Responsible sourcing, measured.
We hold our suppliers to the same standards we hold ourselves, and we report on our own footprint every year.
Almost anything an industrial operation runs on: spares and MRO consumables, PPE, electrical and instrumentation, test and measurement, conveyor components, sealing and flow control, pipe, tyres, construction materials and full project packages. We buy from manufacturers and authorised distributors, including our strategic partners Fluke, Flexco and KLINGER.
Do you deliver to remote sites?
Yes, it’s most of what we do. We consolidate through our hubs in the UK, Houston, South Africa and Mozambique and ship by air, sea or road to mine sites, project camps, ports and vessels across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Americas.
Yes. We’re ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified, Cyber Essentials certified, registered on Achilles FPAL (supplier no. 10055941) and ISNetworld, approved on JSRS for Oman oil and gas (code GB100273) and on the SAP Ariba supplier network.
Do you offer credit or payment terms?
Yes. Our finance team sets payment terms around your cash flow, offers credit facilities to approved partners and handles multi-currency and cross-border payments.
Can I track my orders?
Every client gets a unique tracking link, updated by our in-house expediting team and available 24/7. There’s no login, so you can share it with your site and finance teams.
Can you run our procurement for us?
Yes. Choose ad hoc purchasing, fixed-price call-off agreements, long-term contracts or full procurement outsourcing, from requisition to payment. More on outsourcing.
Request a quote
Send us the list. We’ll take it from there.
Tell us what you need and where it’s going. The right desk picks it up and a named specialist comes back to you.
1Your RFQ goes straight to the right desk: UK, South Africa or Energy.
2A specialist checks the specs and sources from manufacturers and vetted suppliers.
3You get an itemised quote with prices, lead times and delivery options.