James Thomas Engineering (JTE) is a British manufacturing company based in Worcester, Worcestershire.

James Thomas Engineering was formed in February 1977 in a small garage in Bishampton, England by James Thomas and John Walters, manufacturing spun aluminium par lanterns.

It developed a pre-rigged truss system in 1983 and relocated to larger premises in Pershore in 1984.

[1] In July 2000 the UK office relocated again to a larger 52,700 square foot facility in Worcester and in October 2001 the USA site relocated to a 30,000 square foot facility.

[1] James Thomas Engineering was implicated in a number of lawsuits arising as a result of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse in 2011.