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PUMPS & FILTRATION

Hendor-pe UK Ltd – Celebrating 20 Years supplying products to the UK surface treatment industry !

20 years ago , I was asked if I would like to set up my own business , Hendor-pe UK Ltd , selling Pumps , Filters and Rectifiers to the UK Surface Treatment industry . At the time I was working for another Pump / Filter manufacturer in the UK as their Technical Manager , I had been there for 12 years , it was a daunting decision with three young children at home .
Myself and my wife visited Hendor in the Netherlands and were extremely impressed with the people , the high quality product range and the pricing !
Some people thought we were crazy trying to introduce another manufacturer to the already crowded market , but we were convinced that this exceptionally high quality , competitively priced product would be readily accepted .
20 years on , we were right , we have built up a loyal customer base in many industries from GMF , Precious metal plating , electronics , Government establishments , Reel to Reel Plating , Aerospace , Automotive , F1 manufacturers etc , etc . One of our proudest moments is when we get repeat orders from these companies , they like the products we are supplying them .
Hendor was established more than 70 years ago , their principal customer at that time was the mighty Philips in Eindhoven .
Over the years Hendor has become a global leader in manufacturing exceptionally high quality and innovative chemically resistant pumps and filtration products .
In the 90 ’ s , Hendor established partners and distributors located all around the world to enable the supply of products at a moment ’ s notice .
The Hendor-pe partnership began in 1995 when Hendor-pe Inc in the USA was established . Since then , Hendor-pe France , Hendor-pe UK , Hendor-pe Spain , China , and Japan have all been introduced to better serve local markets , as well as having independent distributors in other territories .
A lot has changed at Hendor over the last seventy plus years , however , the desire to do business in an innovative and sustainable way has remained a constant . This is why the organisation set the goal of lean manufacturing in 2016 . This desire was manifested by introducing a round of investments worth half a million euros . Hendor invested money in new pump design software and automatic welding , installed LED lighting everywhere and organised the workplace in a more efficient way . Through automation , we wanted to obtain a higher output with the same number of people . The machines are used more efficiently thanks to new planning software . We work with small batches and customise more products in accordance with our customers ’ requirements . Not only does this shorten lead times , but we also use raw materials more economically .
With regard to raw materials , we blend our own mix of Polypropylene pellet types which allows us to mould a Polypropylene perfectly adapted to our industries
We at Hendor value social responsibility and act accordingly . A strategic decision was made to develop the next generation of pumps by a Sustainable Design principle . By applying this concept both the manufacturing and the life cycle carbon footprint of our
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