The North Tyneside based Monitor Coatings has developed a prestigious contract for developing and applying an innovative non-skid deck coating for the Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales Aircraft Carriers.
This led to it winning dual awards for Business of the Year and Digital and Innovation from the North Tyneside Business Forum.
Following on from the award the Elected Mayor of North Tyneside, Norma Redfearn together with David W Bavaird and Karen Goldfinch from North Tyneside Business Forum have visited the company to see for themselves why it was Business of the Year Award.
Monitor Coatings employs more than 60 people developing and producing ultra-dense, high wear-resistant coatings for applications in the oil and gas, steel, marine and defence, power and aerospace industries.
Managing Director, Rebecca Allcock was delighted to take the Elected Mayor on a tour of her facilities and research areas. "We've had a lot of support from North Tyneside Council and the Business Forum and we wanted to let people know that we have a business making a real impact on a global scale right here in North Shields.
"We invest in our local area, attracting, retaining and recruiting people with the right skills for our pioneering work. Indeed, many of our team previously worked in the ship building industry with skills that helped us in the development of the Carrier Deck coating system."
The Elected Mayor was proud to see the work carried out by Monitor Coatings and said:
"North Tyneside is a great location for businesses and Monitor Coatings have shown that they can create new innovative technology that is a world leader with applications being used by the military, oil and gas and aviation sectors to name a few. I was very impressed with what I saw both in terms of the products created and the skill and aptitude of the team here."
Monitor Coatings offers a plasma coating facility, in particular a large range of ceramic coatings including thermal barrier coatings. It was one of the first thermal spray company to achieve the Aerospace related NADCAP accreditation. Other third-party approvals include AS/EN-9100 Rev C and BS/EN-ISO9001-2008. Monitor Coatings also holds enviable customer approvals such as Rolls-Royce, Bombardier, TATA, Siemens, NOV and Halliburton.