Our Member Companies

Petards provide a range of specialist engineering services to the defence sector. The company has established a strong reputation for being a responsive, flexible and reliable partner in delivering challenging military programmes. Petards excels in the disciplines of Communications and Information Systems, Ruggedised Electronic Control Systems, Electronic Countermeasure Systems and in the provision of Engineering Services to the UK MOD and other NATO Countries.

Phoenix Systems are a high quality Contract Electronics Manufacturer who offer assembly of PCB's, assembly of cable harnesses to the full Turnkey solution. Phoenix are AS9100 rev C accredited, operating predominately in the Avionics, Military, Railways and Industrial sectors.

Phoenix Tooling Ltd was established in 1971 to fill the need for a precision engineering company manufacturing quality components and tooling to customer requirements.

It has expanded to its present strength of manpower and machinery to meet the ever growing needs of its customers and has become one of the foremost precision engineering companies in the South East. 

In 1985 Phoenix Tooling moved to purpose-built accommodation on the prestigious Gillingham Business Park close to junction 4 of the M2. This site affords some 900 square metres of light and clean machine shop area with separate modern offices. 

The environment is conducive to the high technology work undertaken by the company, and clients are always welcome.

Phoenix Tooling has signed a partnership agreement with UYGUR Ltd. UYGUR Ltd is a leader company in precision machining service to aerospace and defence industries in its market.

Through this partnership, a reliable AS9100 Quality Management System Certified supplier with 70 CNC machines (twenty-two 5-axis machines), with the capability of 5-axis simultaneous machining up to 4,2 meters is formed. 

Pickersgill Kaye is a Yorkshire based engineering manufacturer of door locks, gate locks and multipoint locks for the Rail, Architectural, High Security and Custodial sectors.

Our website (www.pkaye.co.uk) provides an outline of our lock design and manufacturing capabilities for providing approved locking, bolting and secure access systems. Our perimeter, high security, rail and multipoint locking solutions are specified throughout the UK and internationally by police and prison services and by national infrastructure providers.

For further information or enquiries please contact us or visit our website downloads section for specification sheets on our rail, architecural, high security or custodial locking systems.

ASSA ABLOY LTD is the parent company of Pickersgill Kaye.

Pilgrims provides the full range of training, intelligence and communication services needed to facilitate your operational needs whilst working in challenging environments. From training to operational consultancy, our services successfully mitigate risk whilst working within your existing framework; quietly and discreetly. We ensure cost effective security solutions that support your objectives. CONDO TrainingPilgrims respected CONDO Training is varied, rewarding, and ensures maximum peace of mind for businesses sending staff overseas. Pilgrims has been at the forefront of developing high quality safety and medical training since 1999, having supported organisations in all of the major conflicts as well as natural disasters. Pilgrims training works in tandem with our global operations to ensure that current security trends and modus operandi are understood. This crucial information is fed into CONDO training keeping our courses at the forefront. Pilgrims adopts a progressive style to training that achieves impressive results; re-enforcing modules by constantly role playing scenarios to ensure key criteria is absorbed. Skills fade is inevitable but not terminal, and can be updated with regular refresher training. Additional Pilgrims courses include hostile environment training, business traveller and travel medical training.

Pinnacle Response is a world-leading manufacturer of the highest quality body worn video cameras for Police Forces and the professional Security Sector. Of late, Pinnacle has further developed their portfolio and boast the likes of Rolls Royce and Chelsea Football Club amongst their clients.

The company's cameras, including the recently launched PR6, provide exceptional HD audio-visual quality matched with market leading durability through design. An intuitive Digital Evidence Management System (D.E.M.S) allows the storage and review of video footage with secure, evidential integrity.

These cameras are used in over thirty countries around the world by thousands of customers including UK and European Police, Local Authorities and professional Security within prestigious organisations and businesses.

Established in 2007, Pinnacle Response had the foresight to realise the scope of this exciting and emerging industry and fully committed to designing and developing superior, user-friendly camera solutions and secure systems.
The Pinnacle cameras and software solutions have evolved over time thanks to availing from feedback and technological advancements. Pinnacle Response started with a blank sheet and designed and developed technology that is unrivalled for quality and usability. Unlike many other camera re-sellers, Pinnacle do not simply re-package existing technology. They design, manufacture, distribute and retail of their very own unique solutions.

Pitch Technologies is a leader in Open Standards based Simulation Interoperability, including HLA-Evolved (IEEE1516-2010), and cloud hosted simulations. Pitch has a strong focus on R&D and innovation and offers effective methodologies as well as powerful products and services to our customers.

Plextek is a leading design & innovation technology consultancy creating solutions to overcome complex engineering challenges, working from concept generation to product manufacture.

Our market-focussed expertise ranges from innovation and concept development to product and system design. Key markets include; Defence, Medical & Healthcare, Security, Smart Sensors, equipment manufacture and supply and the design and manufacture of volume products.

In business for over 25 years, we are trusted by governments through to global commercial organisations. We innovate from concept to commercial readiness, giving our clients significant advantage when taking their products to market. Our teams deliver maximum value from our client’s investments in technology. 

For more information visit: www.plextek.com

Plexus is a premier global provider of comprehensive electronic design, manufacturing and sustaining solutions for the world's leading Aerospace, Defence and Security companies. Utilizing our unique Product Realization Value Stream, we seamlessly integrate product conceptualization, design, commercialization, manufacturing, fulfillment and sustaining solutions.

• 35+ years of experience bringing our customers’ products to market quickly and efficiently
• Industry-leading engineering solutions enabling faster time-to-market and driving lowest total cost of ownership
• End-to-end manufacturing solutions with a strong focus on quality and regulatory requirements
• Flexible supply chain solutions delivering fully integrated global supply chain designs
• Customized aftermarket services to sustain your product throughout its life cycle

Poeton Industries supplies aerospace and defence coatings via two UK process facilities and its joint venture in South East Asia  -  ATC Poeton.   All sites are Nadcap and AS 9100 Rev C approved and all sites offer NDT, chemical processing and in Gloucester, thermal spraying as well.

All laboratories are equipped with a wide range of wear, metallographic and corrosion test equipment and in addition Poeton also offer coating design and technical support, coating Research & Development . 

Poeton Gloucester are also an accredited training house for the Institute of Metal Finishing, allowing the group to offer its apprentices and graduate trainees the chance to gain nationally recognised qualifications in surface treatments.

The group runs a three shift system in its two UK facilities that provide its strategic accounts and their supply chains with exceptional lead times, especially if these are complex work packages, secured by long term agreements.

Polar Technology Management Group Ltd. (PTMG) owns three subsidiary companies and a 5 acre factory complex based In Eynsham, Oxfordshire. SS Tube Technology (www.sstubetechnology.com), Lentus Composites (www.lentuscomposites.co.uk) and Horizon Engineering (www.horizonengineering.co.uk) make up the hi-tech engineering portfolio. These companies take the responsibility for the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of products based upon the following technologies; complex metallic tubular fabrications, polymer and ceramic composites, multi-axis machining and additive layer manufacturing.

The products across the portfolio include; high temperature exhaust, manifolds and ducting systems; thermal insulation and heat shields; composites tubes, shafts and flexible couplings, suspension straps and rods, pressure vessels, flywheels. autoclaved structural mouldings; 5-axis CNC machining capability for specialised materials such as carbon fibre composites, loconels and high alloy stainless steels, titanium and additive layer manufactured parts.

Our markets include motorsport, performance automotive, medical, energy sectors, Oil and Gas and the beginnings of aerospace. We have just won our first contract in the defence industry sector.

PowerPhotonic is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision micro-optics products. Using our unique wafer scale laser machining process, we manufacture a large range of micro-optics including standard and custom micro-lens arrays, beam shapers and freeform surfaces. Manufactured exclusively in UV-fused silica, our optics are particularly suited for demanding high accuracy applications or where high powered handling is needed

We design, deliver and embed practical and realistic governance processes for commercial organisations and governments operating in challenging environments, enabling business delivery whilst ensuring adherence to values and legal principles.

We work with clients in the Government and Commercial sectors to ensure that the services they offer relating to the acquisition, manipulation processing, storage and dissemination of data are fully compliant with UK Data and privacy laws.

We work with hi-tech clients and communication service providers, using our to keep abreast of developments in HMG policy towards the industry; to work towards a better procurement environment; to champion the cause of SME's and the contribution they can make.

Precision Technic Defence has created a wide range of individual products, systems, and solutions, each being unique and with the sole purpose to ensure efficiency, safety, and interoperability in order to provide market leading products, systems, and capabilities to both Military and National Security Agencies. High quality products, deep knowledge and experience of the operational scenario bounded by a high degree of technical proficiency are capabilities highly valued by customers and partners around the world. With over 30 years of business, Precision Technic Defence has a vast experience within the global world of business. The company strives to build strong and professional relations with customers and partners through guidance, support and training throughout the phases of procurement, implementation and support of any product or system. With companies situated in United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Australia, Precision Technic Defence support partners and programs with a global reach.