A South West firm has achieved a UK manufacturing first and is set to power the future of flight.
Powervamp based on Oldmixon Crescent, in Weston-super-Mare, has supplied ten mobile electrical ground power (MEGP) units to London City Airport, as a replacement for their mobile diesel units used to power all aircraft.
The company employ forty people and is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of specialised equipment for powering all types of aircraft and vehicles.
The units supplied to London City will power aircraft at the airport and represent a UK manufacturing first.
No other company bidding could meet the Airport’s requirements to design the compact ground power units, which are mounted on battery powered movable carts.
London City Airport made the decision to switch to mobile electric power as part of its plan to reduce Co2 emissions.
It is estimated that Powervamp’s “green” electric GPUs will eliminate 2,000 tonnes of Co2 annually and produce fuel savings exceeding of £200,000 per annum.
Powervamp beat off stiff competition from large engineering firms to win the contract and Director Ken Walker says that the deal represents a major achievement for manufacturing in the UK.
Joint MD Ken Walker comments: “We score over the major multi-national companies that have tended to dominate the ground power industry because we can respond quickly to a customer’s unique requirements using our team of exceptionally talented graduate engineers.
“It is our ability to make decision quickly and work closely with the client, backed by our engineering and service support capacity that gave the customer the confidence in the Powervamp product and company.”
Powervamp already supply its products to more than 60 countries and with new products being continuously developed and launched see a growing world market for its products and services.
