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ROLLING with the PUNCHES
Over the last four years , Porvair Filtration has adapted and thrived
Under its parent company , Porvair PLC , Porvair Filtration Group ( PFG ) works alongside Porvair Sciences , Selee Corporation , and Seal Analytical to meet the demands of three key verticals : aerospace and industrial , laboratory , and metal melt quality . Although the organization itself primarily bases its manufacturing between the UK and the US , its geographical footprint extends across the entire globe , in serving the aviation , molten metal , energy , water treatment , and life sciences markets . We last spoke to PFG back in 2019 , so Manufacturing Today sits down with Tom Liddell , Managing Director , to hear how the business is settling into the new normal .
Investing in efficiencies
“ Obviously , since we last spoke , PFG has experienced a great deal of change ,” Tom opens . “ Although we all felt the pinch of the pandemic , our industry was hit particularly hard on account of its exposure to the aerospace market . The short term fluctuation in demand was greater than anything we ’ ve ever experienced before , and required a huge effort from the management teams in terms of scaling the organization , whilst safeguarding our employees from the newfound risks of Covid . It really forced us to focus on which critical operations to maintain , and to heavily invest in our efficiencies , in the absence of revenue growth .
“ Despite the significant challenges that the period presented us with ,
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