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.