Hummingbird SensingTechnology
Hummingbird Sensing Technology, the expert manufacturer of gas sensors for medical and industrial applications, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade for demonstrating significant growth over the past six years. Part of this growth is attributed to the ways Hummingbird responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. New methods were developed to increase productivity in order to meet heavy demand from partners in the healthcare market as the global need for critical care ventilators soared. The team effectively implemented a three-year development program over the course of 14 weeks, introducing stringent hygiene measures on-site and a seven-day-a-week shift system to allow better social distancing. To meet the increased demand from the healthcare industry, the team developed a new, faster-to-produce model of the paramagnetic oxygen sensor for non-medical Original Equipment Manufacturer customers in an effort to maintain commitments to industrial customers. Andy Cowan, President of parent company Servomex, said: “We are incredibly proud to know that Hummingbird products and services have had – and continue to have – a positive impact on society and technological progress, benefitting the World-class Staffordshire-based manufacturer, Instarmac Group Plc, is honoured to receive the highly esteemed Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2022 – an award only given to businesses with outstanding overseas trading activities. On this prestigious honour, Tim Boniface, Group Finance Director at Instarmac, commented: “Everyone at Instarmac is delighted to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – even more so to receive it in the same year of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. “We are very proud of our international partners and our history trading across the globe. We have been working with our manufacturing licensees for many years and are full of pride to see their success in making the world’s roads as safe as possible. I am beyond excited to represent Instarmac at a royal reception later this year and to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant for Staffordshire to our world-class manufacturing facilities in Tamworth.” A specialist in the manufacture of cement and bitumen based products, Instarmac Group Plc has been working with its global partners since 1998 and, during that time, its international presence has gone from strength to strength. Global Export Manager for Instarmac, Angus Longward, said: “It has been a great honour building our network of global licensing partners. We have a fantastic Instarmac Group Plc
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“We’re seen by our customers as a global business operating with a local level of service and support, and it’s this that has driven our outstanding growth. This approach also paid dividends during the recent pandemic and the increased demand for critical care medical devices. Existing and new customers around the world turned to us to meet the requirements for increased supply, something that was facilitated by our existing export network and ongoing partnerships.” The Hummingbird Sensing Technology brand was launched in 2011, manufacturing gas sensors for medical and industrial applications such as critical care ventilators. In 2016, Hummingbird won the Queen’s Award for Innovation for the development of a small, vibration-resistant sensor designed for medical critical care applications. Since its formation, Hummingbird has developed world-leading technologies that redefine gas sensor performance. Customers include major producers of equipment such as critical care medical devices, gas analysers for industrial applications, research instruments and deep-sea diving analysis. relationship with every business and support them in every way we can. I look forward to welcoming more manufacturing partners to our global family in the future.” On their partnership, Mr Tanaka, President of Shinreki, Japanese Licensee, said: “We have recently celebrated our 33 year partnership with Instarmac. During that time we have built a very successful business and are now the number one supplier of Instant Road Repair in Japan.” Jörg Reick, Proprietor of Instamak, German Licensee, added: “Our business has grown over the last 25 years and we have become a market-leader in Germany and surrounding countries.” Matthew Kinson, VP Business Development, Da-Lee Pavement Products, Canadian Licensee, said: “We only started manufacturing Instarmac Permanent Pothole Repair® three years ago and we are already turning over $1 million and building a strong reputation in Canada and the USA.” INSTARMAC GROUP PLC Danny Morson Way, Birch Coppice Business Park, Dordon, Tamworth, Staffs B78 1SE Tel: +44 (0) 1827 254402 • enquiries@instarmac.co.uk www.instarmac.co.uk Instarmac Group plc @InstarmacGroup Instarmac Group plc
HUMMINGBIRD SENSINGTECHNOLOGY Servomex UK Technical Centre, Jarvis Brook, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3FB Tel: 01892 652181 • lauren@codacomms.com www.hummingbirdsensing.com @Servomex @Servomexgasanalysis @Servomex
Instarmac directors with their Japanese partners, Shinreki
Angus, Global Sales Manager, with Protasco, Instarmac’s Malaysian partner
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