Hiden Instruments has been recognised in second edition of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain report 2015, which identifies fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in UK.
Hiden Instruments has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses.
To be included in the list, companies needed to show consistent revenue growth over a minimum of three years, significantly outperforming their industry peers. More detail on the methodology can be found in the report online at www.1000companies.com.
2015 marks Hiden’s 33rd year of continuous and independent operation in the fields of mass spectrometry and gas sorption science, creating a unique and successful company culture orientated both to the researcher and to the process industry.
In 1982 Hiden, then a new start-up company in England, commenced manufacture of quadrupole mass spectrometers for the vacuum processing element of the semiconductor fabrication industry. Application areas expanded as new products developed, initially to include general gas analysis followed by later innovations introduced to address the specific area of direct external ion measurement for plasma process diagnostics and for secondary ion monitoring (the SIMS technique).
1992 saw Hiden enter the field of microgravimetric gas sorption measurement in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, and dedicated sister-company Hiden Isochema was established to address this specific product area. A US company was formed in 1996 to provide the US sales and service function for the full Hiden product range, with offices currently established in Michigan, New Hampshire and in California. Now, in 2015, representation extends throughout Europe, Asia and both North and South America.