Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Domnick Hunter Group

From Graces Guide

of Chester-le-Street, filtration, separation and purification products

of Gateshead

1963 Business founded - see Domnick Hunter Engineers

1973 Queen's Award for Industry[1]

1987 Domnick Hunter became the first UK-based filter company to achieve ISO 9001 registration.

The many group operations are divided into two business segments:

  • Industrial Operations, is a well established global business capable of meeting the compressed air treatment product needs of all industries. It is a world leader with many significant brand labelled and major customers.
  • Process Operations, specialise in the manufacture and supply of filters for the clarification, stabilisation and sterilisation of liquids and gases principally in the pharmaceutical, beverage, food and electronics industries, and also in laboratories. Also the development and manufacture of a range of on-site gas generation equipment principally for the production of both nitrogen and hydrogen.

1989 Owned by the Walter Alexander conglomerate[2]

1990 Management buyout

1994 Planned to float the shares[3]

2004 Dominick Hunter - Process Filtration Operation was awarded a Queens Award for Entreprise[4]

2005 Acquired by Parker Hannifin[5]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 22, 1973
  2. The Times Oct. 20, 1989
  3. The Times Feb. 14, 1994
  4. The Times Apr. 21, 2004
  5. The Times Aug. 3, 2005