Howorth Air Technology Ltd

Our passion for air quality began in the poorly ventilated cotton mills of Lancashire. With a vision to protect workers, our founder, James Howorth, began manufacturing apparatus that would provide ventilation and drastically improve air quality. It would transform the lives and working conditions in the textile industry. But it was in the 1960s that world renowned orthopaedic surgeon, Sir John Charnley, recognised the need to create a micro-biologically clean surgical zone to avoid wound sepsis from airborne contamination. He formed a successful collaboration with Howorth, leading to the creation of the world’s first Ultra Clean Ventilation (UCV) system. It was the first in a long line of Howorth innovations which have had a profound and life changing effect on so many patients.