Numatic International Limited
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Chris Duncan |
| Headquarters | Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Chris Duncan (Managing Director) Stuart Cochrane (Manufacturing manager) |
| Products | Vacuum cleaners and other cleaning equipment. |
| Revenue |
 GB £124.4 million (2013) |
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GB £10 million (2013) |
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| Owner | Chris Duncan |
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Number of employees
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885 (2014) |
| Website | numatic.co.uk |
Numatic International Ltd. is a British manufacturer, primarily making domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning and maintenance equipment for distribution worldwide. It is one of the major producers of vacuum cleaners in the UK., and best known for its popular and iconic "Henry" domestic vacuum cleaner, and related models, which are canister designs having human names and 'smiling face' appearances.
The company was founded in 1968 and is still solely owned, by Chris Duncan, who created the compact shape for "Henry". It owns a manufacturing facility located in Chard, Somerset in south-west England, and wholly owned distributors in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and South Africa. The company employs over 885 people, and produces 4500 units per day, over 40% of which are for export.
One of Numatic's most popular products is a vacuum cleaner called Henry. It is easily distinguishable by the large smiling face on the front of the canister (there's a 3D clip-on face which has eyes and a mouth, and the vacuum's hose forms its nose). A new parking bracket was added in September 2012. Since the introduction of Henry in 1981, over 7 million have been produced worldwide.
Since Henry's original release in 1981, a whole family of vacuum cleaners has been introduced in different sizes and colours and with different specifications and uses (including a wet and dry model and a multi-functional wet/dry and carpet shampoo cleaner). All the original series are based on British names. The current 2017 range are:
Henry200, HenryCordless, Henry160 (Not available in UK) (HenryXtra & HenryMicro) Hetty200, Hetty160, HettyCordless Harry, James, Charles, George and Henry and Hetty Spray Mop Jack (Tesco Exclusive, Now Discontinued) HenryPet (Coming Out September 2017)
Numatic have also made many vacuum cleaners differing from the 2010 range. Many of them are not sold as 2016. The Henry and Hetty vacuum cleaners have also gone beyond vacuum cleaners. They have since 2010 expanded to desktop cleaners, toys, spray mops, boxes, office file holders and a specially made Airo-Brush head has been made for the Henry. When the Henry vacuum cleaner was first released in 1981, consumer had a sticker placed on the Henry. This meant they had to register to the company for insured life of the vacuum. Accessories include stainless steel tubes, HepaFlo dust bags, an upholstery tool, a crevice tool, a Nuflex threaded hose, a double taper hose/full adapter, a Numatic Airo-Brush Head with rotating bristles(For HenryXtra), a soft dusting brush and an upholstery nozzle with a sliding brush.
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