AB Pneumatics Ltd has been in business for over 40 years, experiencing many highs and lows, but has always stayed focused on producing world class products through local manufacturing.

Dr Armstrong and Mr Burrell had a vision when starting the company to use their expertise developed working with Goodyear to service a very unique market. Although they were more engineers than salesmen their knowledge won them orders. The company was strong enough to go through several recessions but at the age of 69 Dr Armstrong thought it was time to hand it over.

In May 2010 the company was purchased by Peter Blair and Jonny Boomer with the aim to grow and develop AB Pneumatics product range. The company was finding it hard to compete at this time, but through the loyalty of our customers and suppliers AB Pneumatics began to grow again.

Although the company had a small customer base and product range, growth came during 2011 and 2012 with some investment in people and equipment. The introduction of Steven Boal in the engineering department brought in some new ideas and gave the customers confidence.

With the introduction of new products, as well as pushing into the export market, AB Pneumatics started to grow as a brand again. The Donut Spring range has introduced the company to the rest of the world with exports to the US, Australia, Spain, Austria, Italy, India, Germany, UAE, Cyprus as well as other countries through our distributor network.

Working with Dunlop Systems and Components on the shock-absorber range brought even more demand for not only production but product development. Currently AB Pneumatics is producing over 18 variants of sleeves.

During 2015 a large investment was made and the company moved to a new factory, which allowed for a better, leaner layout of the equipment, making efficiencies throughout the business. With a further introduction of larger steam boilers to give extra capacity and a further extension to the factory in 2017, the growth continues.

Now with the introduction of Dunlop Systems and Components into the business structure, AB Pneumatics plans for growth to continue and the team looks forward to the challenges ahead.

We’ve come a long way since we were founded in 1983. Below is a timeline of our journey.