Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group UK businesses honoured with Queen’s Award

Watson Marlow 21/04/2017

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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group UK businesses honoured with Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2017 on Her Majesty’s 91 st birthday.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has today named the UK businesses within the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group as winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 91 st birthday.

Watson-Marlow Ltd and Bio Pure Technology Limited, win the Queen”s Award for Enterprise:International Trade 2017. The award reflects the company’s outstanding continuous growth of 76.6% in overseas sales over the judging period.

Watson-Marlow Ltd is headquartered in Falmouth in Cornwall. The company is a leading manufacturer of peristaltic pumps and tubing. Biopure Ltd is based in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Biopure specialises in the design and manufacture of fluid path components for use with Biopharmaceutical processes. They arepart of the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, a world leader in peristaltic technology and complete fluid path technologies.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group is one of 176 businesses from across the UK to have been recognised for its contribution to international trade, innovation, sustainable development and promoting opportunity.

Jay Whalen, President at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group comments:

“I am absolutely delighted to share news of our Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are one of the most prestigious business awards in the country. We have clearly demonstrated to the judging panel the success of our strategic decision to move our trading base into international trade. In fact, this part of our business now accounts for 76.7% of total turnover.

Through a powerful combination of organic growth, and a series of strategic acquisitions – including the Hampshire-based Bio Pure Technology business – we have grown our international presence whilst maintaining a strong profile with the UK. Our strategy to offer our global customers a single source of complete fluid path technologies is clearly working.”

Business Secretary Greg Clark said:

“The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise highlights everything that’s great about UK business today. “We have some of the best entrepreneurs and innovative minds in the world who are at the heart of small start-ups providing excellent customer service to larger businesses developing global solutions. Over one million new businesses have been created since 2010, all playing a vital role in creating jobs and driving growth across the UK.

“I’m extremely proud to see such a wealth of businesses being recognised today. Through our Industrial Strategy we will be building on the successes of these award winning businesses, helping to build a stronger, more outward looking and prosperous global Britain.”

The Queen’s Award for Enterprise will be conferred upon the management team and staff at Watson-Marlow Limited’s Falmouth Headquarters at a ceremony presided over by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) is the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. Founded on nearly 60 years of supplying engineering and process expertise and with over one million pumps installed worldwide, our pumps are tried, tested and proven to deliver.

WMFTG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc (LSE: SPX), a global organisation employing approximately 4,800 people worldwide.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group comprises ten established brands, each with their own area of expertise, but together offering our customers an unrivalled breadth of solutions for their pumping applications:

Watson-Marlow Pumps: peristaltic tube pumps for biopharm and process industries
Watson-Marlow Tubing: precision tubing for pumping and other purposes, in a range of materials
Bredel: high flow, heavy duty hose pumps
Alitea: unique peristaltic solutions for OEM customers
Flexicon: aseptic filling and capping systems
MasoSine: gentle sinusoidal pumps for food, chemical and cosmetics applications
BioPure: advanced single-use tubing connector systems
ASEPCO: aseptic valves for the biopharmaceutical industry
FlowSmart: high purity sanitary gaskets, silicone transfer tubing and reinforced silicone hoses for the biopharmaceutical industry
Aflex Hose: specialises in the design and manufacture of PTFE-lined flexible hoses

For more information visit www.wmftg.com or call 01326 370362

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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) peristaltic tube and hose pumps meet requirements including: value for money; low cost of ownership; reliability and ease of maintenance to the food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, mining and many other industries.

We demonstrate how pumps deliver significant process efficiencies over the lifetime of the equipment. Whether performing flavouring addition in food processing, chemical metering in water treatment or mineral recovery, we have a solution which can cut pump downtime and reduce costs through higher accuracy metering and transfer. WMFTG has dedicated application engineers available to help customers make the right pump and tubing choice from a range providing microlitres per minute to 80 cubic metres per hour flow rates.

The only part of the pump to come into contact with the product is the tube or hose. This means there are no seals or valves that can wear or fail. Replacing the tube or hose can be performed quickly and safely. Peristaltic pump benefits include:

Total fluid containment with no seals No ancillaries Handle viscous and abrasive slurries and sludge Self-priming capability Dry running without damage to the pump In addition to their range of positive displacement pumps, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has added PTFE-lined chemical and industrial hoses to their range. Aflex hoses are reinforced to withstand the most severe conditions and use.

Where we supply to

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America

Industries we supply to

Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater

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