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Machinery Companies in Portsmouth: 80 Active Firms (2026)
Machinery companies in Portsmouth design, manufacture and supply industrial equipment for factories, infrastructure and specialist operators in the city region.
Buying centres in Portsmouth tend to sit close to operations, maintenance and capital-project teams rather than centralised software or procurement functions. Typical customers are B2B manufacturers, infrastructure contractors, process operators, logistics sites and specialist engineering firms that need equipment, components, servicing or integration work. Engagements are usually considered purchases: machinery supply with drawings, installation support, spares, compliance documentation and ongoing maintenance, often sold through technical sales rather than volume e-commerce. The better-fit suppliers look more like mid-market engineering businesses than micro distributors, with enough production, assembly or field-service capacity to handle repeat industrial buyers.
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Portsmouth has 80 actively trading machinery companies in this cohort. Reported headcount across the local machinery employers is 1,419 people, giving the city a visible, if relatively compact, industrial-equipment footprint. Revenue distribution also points to a mostly SME market: 12 companies report turnover above £5M, while only 4 were incorporated since 2022. That pattern suggests a mature supplier base serving production, infrastructure, process-operations, logistics and maintenance demand, with fewer newly formed entrants than a software or digital-services list would usually contain.
Industrial machinery supplied in Great Britain sits under product-safety rules rather than a sector licence. GOV.UK guidance requires machinery placed on the GB market or put into service to meet essential health and safety requirements, pass the relevant conformity assessment, carry a declaration of conformity and use the appropriate conformity marking. HSE guidance adds the practical documentary burden: technical files, English instructions and declarations of conformity or incorporation. Enforcement depends on field of use, with HSE and local trading standards both relevant, while the Department for Business and Trade owns legislation and policy. Indefinite recognition of CE marking, alongside UKCA, reduces one near-term cliff edge but not the compliance workload.
Portsmouth's outlook appears tied less to new-company formation and more to succession, customer concentration and the ability of established engineering suppliers to absorb compliance costs. Buyers in manufacturing, infrastructure and logistics tend to value uptime, servicing depth and documentation discipline, so smaller distributors without workshop or field-service capacity may find it harder to defend margins. The cohort also looks exposed to consolidation by operators seeking local service coverage or specialist fabrication capability. Growth, where it comes, is likely to be incremental and contract-led rather than venture-style scaling.
80
Active firms
2026
12
Above £5M turnover
Portsmouth machinery firms
4
Incorporated since 2022
Recent local entrants
Key facts
About 15% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (12 of 80 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
5% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (4 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
Machinery placed on the GB market falls under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, covering essential health and safety requirements, conformity assessment, declarations of conformity and conformity marking.
HSE and local trading standards share enforcement of machinery provisions depending on field of use, with the Department for Business and Trade responsible for legislation and policy.
CE marking recognition for many goods has been extended indefinitely in GB, allowing either CE or UKCA marking beyond 31 December 2024 where applicable.
UK machinery and equipment represents 7.0% of UK manufacturing value added, 6.1% of manufacturing employment and 10.3% of manufacturing exports.
The UK was the 10th largest global exporter of machinery and equipment goods in 2022, with a 2.6% global market share.
Top Portsmouth Machinery companies
LIUGONG MACHINERY (UK) LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2018–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsSupplies and supports construction equipment including excavators, wheel loaders, skid steers, forklifts and aerial work platforms. Provides sales through dealer networks along with parts supply,…
Serves B2B customers including construction contractors, plant hire companies, quarrying and earthmoving operators, industrial sites and equipment dealers, with emphasis on UK and European buyers.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 15% CAGR over 5y
Location
MAGMA GLOBAL LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops and manufactures carbon fibre reinforced composite pipes for subsea oil and gas applications. Produces m‑pipe systems used in risers, jumper spools and auxiliary lines for offshore drilling…
Sells to oil and gas operators, offshore drilling contractors and subsea engineering contractors involved in exploration and production, particularly teams specifying subsea risers, jumpers and…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 16% CAGR over 2y
Location
ABL TOOLING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
B3 Passenger Care Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsManufactures and supplies PTFE- and silicone-coated conveyor belts, composite belting materials, and self-adhesive tapes, and provides on-site installation and fitting services for industrial…
Serves OEMs and industrial end users in food processing, textiles, packaging, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, UPVC windows, rubber extrusion, floor covering, automotive, screen printing and can…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -29% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures precision industrial knives and consumable wear parts used in packaging and processing equipment for consumer goods sectors. Provides reverse engineering, regrinding and…
Serves B2B manufacturers and packaging operations in consumer goods sectors, including food, beverage, dairy, confectionery, frozen food, coffee and tea, cosmetics, personal care, pharma, caps,…
Financial Health
StableStable · -3% CAGR over 4y
Location
ONET TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
A K Automation And Control Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides design and manufacture of electrical control panels and building energy management systems (BEMS/BMS) for HVAC and industrial processes. Offers installation, maintenance, motor and pump…
Serves local authorities, schools and industrial/commercial organisations, including water companies, quarries, waste recycling and tarmac plants, factories and leisure facilities.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -4% CAGR over 4y
Location
K&G Equipment Rentals Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides pipe engineering and hydraulic fluid system services for the marine and offshore sectors, including pipe and hose manufacture, hydraulic system builds, coded welding, hydraulic and chemical…
Serves B2B and public sector customers in the marine, naval defence and offshore sectors, including commercial marine operators, military fleet organisations and shipyard or naval base project teams.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
HB Hydraulics
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides pipe engineering and hydraulic fluid system services for marine and offshore sectors, including pipe and hose manufacture, hydraulic system builds, coded welding, flushing, mechanical…
Serves B2B and public-sector customers in the marine sector, including commercial vessel operators, military/naval organisations, offshore operators and prime contractors managing shipbuilding and…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 14% CAGR over 4y
Location
Coltraco Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures ultrasonic testing and monitoring instruments, including liquid level indicators, leak detectors, flow meters, thickness gauges and pressure monitoring systems used to…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers in maritime and offshore, fire safety, defence and naval, power generation, built environment, fluid handling and testing sectors, plus distributors worldwide.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -11% CAGR over 2y
Location
Cobra Tool & Die Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsManufactures mould tools for plastic and rubber moulding, including injection, compression and transfer mould tools. Provides CNC milling, wire and spark erosion machining, precision engineering,…
Sells to B2B customers needing mould tools and precision engineering, especially trade moulders and manufacturers across multiple industries. Also serves firms requiring rapid tool repair,…
Financial Health
StableStable · -6% CAGR over 2y
Location
TRONMEC LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
Peter Groome Models Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
ONLINE CLEANING UK LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides industrial boiler cleaning and maintenance technologies for power stations and process plants, including shockwave and linear cleaning systems, stick blasting, visual inspection cameras,…
Serves B2B operators and maintenance teams at power stations and industrial plants, including energy-from-waste, biomass, process industry and heat-recovery steam generator facilities.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 10% CAGR over 4y
Location
A2R TOOLING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures injection moulding tools and plastic components for the automotive industry. Provides mould design, prototype development, high- and low-volume mould production, tooling…
Serves automotive OEMs, luxury car manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers needing injection-moulded plastic components and tooling support, primarily across the UK and European supply chain.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 35% CAGR over 4y
Location
G C J Fluid Systems Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures fluid handling and thermal management systems for the automotive industry, including coolant distribution modules, refrigerant lines, valve units and hydrogen supply lines…
Serves global automotive OEMs and vehicle manufacturers, including organisations developing conventional, electric and hydrogen vehicles, as a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 6% CAGR over 4y
Location
Fitztech Machining Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides precision CNC machining services including milling and turning to manufacture custom metal and plastic components. Produces engineered parts for sectors such as medical, motorsport, defence,…
Serves businesses and defence buyers in medical/biomedical, motorsport and automotive, military/MOD, marine, construction and aerospace sectors, mainly around Portsmouth, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire…
Financial Health
StableStable · -36% CAGR over 4y
Location
DANIAMANT LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures maritime safety and navigation equipment for the marine industry, including lifejacket and lifeboat lights, electronic flares, forward‑looking sonars, bridge navigational…
Sells to maritime industry buyers, including shipowners, vessel operators, marine equipment distributors and dealers seeking safety, navigation and monitoring equipment. Serves commercial marine…
Financial Health
StableStable · -90% CAGR over 2y
Location
Acorn Engineering Havant Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDesigns and manufactures bespoke industrial automation equipment, including jigs, assembly machines and automated production lines. Provides machine design, PLC programming, electrical system design,…
Serves manufacturing businesses across the south coast, including consumer goods, defence, injection moulding, aviation, automotive, medical and PCB manufacturers.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -4% CAGR over 3y
Location
Lloyds Beal Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns, manufactures and installs crane systems, lifting equipment and structural steelwork. Provides crane repair, servicing and testing, lifting gear inspection and certification, bespoke metal…
Serves B2B industrial clients in construction, manufacturing, rail, defence, marine, transportation and infrastructure, including facilities and operations teams with crane, lifting and structural…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 38% CAGR over 2y
Location
ANTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsManufactures and supplies web handling and converting equipment for industrial processing, including air shafts, safety chucks, differential rewind shafts, bowed rollers, core chucks, tension control…
Serves B2B industrial converters and manufacturers using roll-to-roll web handling, slitting, rewinding and core-handling equipment, including production and maintenance teams sourcing parts, spares…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -5% CAGR over 2y
Location
Puma Engineering & Construction Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsManufactures pressure vessels, process skid systems, nitrogen (GAN N2) plants, process pipework and structural steelwork. Provides engineering design, fabrication, site installation, and maintenance…
Sells B2B to industrial operators and engineering buyers in petrochemicals, oil and gas, power generation, subsea, cryogenics and chemical sectors, including firms needing fabrication, installation…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Profitable, Growing, Hiring · 7% CAGR over 2y
Location
Ricebridge Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and builds automated manufacturing and packaging systems for factory production lines. Provides turnkey engineering, robotics integration and bespoke machinery, including robotic box‑filling…
Serves manufacturers and industrial businesses globally, targeting operations and engineering teams responsible for factory production lines across a range of applications and industries.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Solent Automation Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and supplies robotic end‑of‑line automation systems for factories, including palletising, case erecting and packing machines. Systems use industrial robots or cobots to handle boxes, bags and…
Sells to B2B factory owners and operations teams, especially FMCG food and non-food manufacturers in the UK and Europe with manual end-of-line packing and palletising workloads.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · 63% CAGR over 3y
Location
THE AEROGEN COMPANY LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsManufactures flame treatment systems, combustion systems, industrial gas burners and gas control equipment. Products are used to improve surface adhesion of plastics, films and paper for printing,…
Sells B2B to manufacturers and processors in automotive, plastics, converting/printing, film, bakery and food production, including buyers needing flame treatment, industrial burners and gas control…
Financial Health
StableStable · -69% CAGR over 4y
Location
C & C Industrial Group Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures commercial and industrial refrigeration and cooling equipment, including condensers, dry air coolers, adiabatic systems, heating and cooling coils, blast freezer housings and…
Serves B2B customers in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning, including food processors, crop and fruit storage operators, distribution centres, meat processors, offices/data…
Financial Health
StableStable · -87% CAGR over 2y
Location
MATTOC CONFECTIONERY ENGINEERING LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDesigns and manufactures confectionery processing equipment and extrusion lines. Supplies machines including syrup kitchens, cooling tunnels, cotator scraped‑surface heat exchangers, and liquorice or…
Serves B2B confectionery and chocolate manufacturers needing production machinery for products such as liquorice, gummies, caramel, fudge, sugar paste and coated confectionery.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 30% CAGR over 3y
Location
3R Systems Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops and supplies tooling, workholding systems and automation equipment for machine tools, including EDM and parts production. Provides pallet handling, robotic automation and manufacturing…
Serves B2B metalworking manufacturers, precision engineering workshops and machine shops using EDM, wire EDM, additive manufacturing, powder compacting and parts-production processes.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 18% CAGR over 2y
Location
NORDIKO TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures thin film deposition and surface modification equipment for research and production applications, including sputtering, ion beam and vacuum processing systems, with wafer…
Serves B2B and academic customers in thin-film R&D, laboratories, pilot production and advanced materials manufacturing, including microelectronics, MEMS, aerospace, automotive, medical devices, data…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -11% CAGR over 2y
Location
Amba Dockside Technology Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides engineering services for port and container terminal machinery, including refurbishment, repair and bespoke manufacture of drivetrain and mechanical components. Supplies parts such as axles,…
Serves port and container terminal operators, cargo-handling equipment owners, and trade buyers worldwide needing engineering support and components for terminal machinery.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 8% CAGR over 2y
Location
M C Eng. Svs. Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures lifting, lashing and mooring equipment for marine and industrial use. Provides load testing, inspection, repair and refurbishment services, including LOLER examinations,…
Serves B2B marine, offshore and industrial companies using lifting, lashing, mooring and cable-working equipment, including operators needing LOLER compliance, testing certificates and on/off-site…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 15% CAGR over 4y
Location
SAACKE COMBUSTION SERVICES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsSupplies, installs and services industrial and marine combustion systems, including burners, boilers and fuel handling equipment. Provides engineering support, maintenance, system optimisation and…
Serves B2B industrial operators in chemical, petrochemical, paper, food, energy and waste sectors, plus marine customers including shipowners, shipyards and offshore operators for tankers, cruise…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -3% CAGR over 2y
Location
LIGHTFOOT DEFENCE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns, manufactures, installs and services refrigeration and air‑conditioning systems for aerospace, maritime and land applications. Also supplies spares, refrigerant reclamation services, and…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers in defence, aerospace, maritime, land and offshore sectors, including UK and international prime contractors, commercial organisations, governmental defence…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 8% CAGR over 4y
Location
OCEAN SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures oceanographic monitoring systems and equipment, including instrumented data buoys, telemetry, marine robotics, sensors, and water column and seabed sampling systems. Also…
Serves B2B and public-sector marine organisations worldwide, including renewables, oil and gas, ports and harbours, defence, meteorology, dredging, calibration laboratories, offshore engineering…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 11% CAGR over 2y
Location
Universal Marking Systems Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDesigns and supplies industrial marking systems including laser engraving machines, dot peen markers and electrochemical marking equipment. Provides marking workstations, stencils, electrolytes and…
Serves B2B manufacturers and industrial operators in aerospace, automotive, food processing, mechanical engineering, medical and oil & gas sectors, especially teams responsible for part…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Star Universal (Gosport) Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures heat sealing and bag sealing equipment, including impulse sealers, vacuum sealers, vacuum chambers, bag makers and platen sealers. Equipment seals plastics, composites and…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers across medical, pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical, nuclear, military, automotive, electronics, food and drink, construction, warehousing, agriculture,…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 8% CAGR over 4y
Location
QUIREPACE LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDesigns and manufactures industrial vacuum cleaners, central vacuum cleaning systems, pneumatic tube transport systems, exhausters and blowers. Also supplies electric track vehicles, garment…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers, including hospitals and healthcare organisations, industrial manufacturers, commercial facilities and retail operators with intralogistics, cleaning and conveying…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Profitable · -4% CAGR over 3y
Location
Credfeld Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and manufactures low NOx oil and gas burners, ignition systems, and flame monitoring equipment for industrial combustion applications. Also supplies burner management systems, valve systems,…
Sells to industrial customers needing burner, ignition and flame monitoring systems, including oil, gas, coal and multi-fuel combustion users. Serves engineering and maintenance teams requiring…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 19% CAGR over 4y
Location
H C COILS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
EMCO EDUCATION LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsSupplies CNC machine tools including lathes, milling machines and routers, along with 3D printers, scanners, laser cutters and waterjet systems. Provides CNC training software, automation equipment…
Serves education providers and industrial businesses needing CNC, 3D scanning/printing and machining equipment, including colleges delivering engineering and manufacturing courses, training centres,…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
VIKING TEST LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsSupplies equipment for printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, including screen printing, wet processing, electrical testing, plating, lamination, drilling, digital printing, automation, and…
Serves PCB and electronics manufacturers needing production equipment, maintenance, training and turnkey support, with customers across Europe, India and North America.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -7% CAGR over 4y
Location
WARTSILA DEFENCE SOLUTIONS LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and supplies engineered shaft line components and integrated shaftline systems for naval and cruise vessels. Provides equipment and technical support for new ship construction as well as…
Serves B2B and public-sector marine customers, particularly naval defence organisations, shipyards, cruise lines and vessel operators involved in newbuild and in-service vessel programmes.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
TRICEL (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsSupplies, installs and maintains water pumps and pumping equipment for building services and water management applications, including booster pump sets, packaged pumping stations, fire pumps,…
Serves UK businesses and contractors needing water, wastewater and fire pump systems, including building services engineers, facilities managers, property developers and commercial or industrial site…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
BARNBROOK SYSTEMS LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsManufactures and distributes motion control and electro‑mechanical switching equipment, including relays, solenoids, power controllers, circuit breakers and pressure transducers, supplying components…
Serves B2B customers in aerospace, defence, security and space, including OEM supply chains and engine control repair organisations requiring certified electro-mechanical components.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 18% CAGR over 2y
Location
Levelstate Systems Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDesigns and supplies boiler drum level monitoring equipment for power generation and petrochemical plants, including electronic level indicators and switches, direct water level gauges, conductivity…
Serves industrial B2B customers worldwide, including power plants, petrochemical and refinery operators, manufacturers, and OEM/EPC contractors involved in boiler and plant projects.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 4y
Location
Precision Products (Portsmouth) Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsManufactures and supplies airshafts, safety chucks, rollers, and roll‑handling equipment used in paper, printing, packaging, and converting processes. Provides spare parts, bespoke components, and…
Serves B2B paper and roll-handling operations worldwide, including packaging, labels, bag making, printing, converting, stationery, tapes, ribbons, plastic film, coatings and paper slitting.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
Advanced Aeration Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and supplies Bio‑Bubble wastewater and sewage treatment plants for domestic, commercial, industrial and municipal use. Provides aeration-based treatment systems, sludge handling equipment,…
Serves domestic property owners, commercial sites such as hotels, pubs, parks, estates and care homes, industrial operators including breweries, dairies, pharmaceuticals, factories and food…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Marvic Engineering Products Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
RYLAND RESEARCH LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
CTS EUROPE LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDesigns and manufactures laboratory containment systems including powder handling enclosures, gloveboxes, isolators and instrument cabinets. Provides bespoke engineering, installation and validation…
Serves B2B laboratory customers, including independent labs and large pharmaceutical companies, needing powder handling and containment systems. Targets buyers in the pharmaceutical and wider…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 12% CAGR over 2y
Location
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How Portsmouth Machinery companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Revenue usually comes from engineered equipment sales, component supply, installation, servicing, repair, refurbishment and spares. Many Portsmouth machinery firms price work through quotations built around drawings, bills of materials, workshop time, bought-in parts and site labour, with service call-outs or maintenance agreements sitting alongside larger capital purchases. Rental, retrofit and integration work can add recurring revenue, but the core model is still project and order led. Gross margin depends on specification control, supplier lead times, warranty exposure and the ability to turn technical knowledge into repeat service income.
Who they sell to
Buyers are typically manufacturers, utilities contractors, port and logistics operators, process sites and specialist engineering businesses that cannot afford unplanned downtime. The practical sponsor is often an operations, maintenance, engineering or plant manager, while finance and procurement step in once the purchase becomes capital expenditure or a framework renewal. Smaller jobs may move through repeat purchasing and direct technical sales; higher-risk machinery supply tends to involve site visits, written specifications, tender packs, safety review and payment milestones. Sales cycles are usually measured in weeks or months, not self-serve transactions.
What they buy
Most machinery firms tend to spend on systems and services that reduce friction between quoting, production, stock and field service. Relevant categories include customer relationship management, estimating and quote control, enterprise resource planning, inventory planning, service scheduling, compliance-document management, cybersecurity, finance software and management accounts. They also buy specialist recruitment, temporary technical labour, health and safety advice, insurance, certification support, transport, subcontract machining, fabrication and outsourced marketing for industrial buyers. Sellers should expect practical evaluation criteria: fit with existing workflows, support for drawings and job costing, user adoption on shop floors and evidence that downtime will not increase.
Why and how to sell to them
Commercial pressure usually shows up as late deliveries, long supplier lead times, margin leakage on bespoke jobs, ageing owners, hard-to-fill engineering roles and customers asking for tighter documentation. Buying intent is easier to read when a machinery firm adds service engineers, advertises production or operations roles, moves premises, wins a framework, starts export work, updates conformity processes or invests in new workshop capacity. Outbound messages tend to land better when they connect to uptime, quotation accuracy, warranty reduction, audit readiness or cash tied up in stock and work in progress, rather than broad claims about growth.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
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