Neill Ricketts

Hartest Holdings Ltd. manufactures, sells and distributes precision instruments used in testing, measurement, performance improvement and research. The company specializes in delivering well recognized product and service brands into niche markets both at home and abroad. It operates under two divisions: Instrumentation and Medical Services. The Instrumentation division manufactures, sells and distributes a range of specialist instruments and supplies for use in testing, measurement, performance improvement, and research around the world. The brands covered by this division are Sheen Instruments-surface coatings, Wallace Instruments-rubber testing, ASL-temperature measurement, Tinsley Ophthalmic and Henson-ophthalmic testing, Tinsley Precision-underwater cable fault location and electrical impulse testing, Carnation Designs-power management systems for specialist vehicles and Agar Scientific-equipment and consumables for use with electron microscopes. The above operations of Sheen, Wallace, ASL, Tinsley Ophthalmic and Tinsley Precision operate jointly within one company, Hartest Precision Instruments Ltd. The Medical Services division trades under the names of Qados and Cross Technologies, acting as a distributor in the business areas of specialist medical and healthcare equipment, in both the public and private sectors. This division mainly operates in United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition to the sale of medical equipment, the division also has an active service and consumables operation, and is engaged in the distribution of radiopharmaceuticals. The company was founded on December 12, 1998 and is headquartered in Sandhurst, the United Kingdom.

Howle Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company. It engages in manufacture and distribution of engineers' cutting tools, tungsten carbide hard metal tips, and tungsten carbide tipped wood routing tools through its subsidiaries. The company is headquartered in Tenbury Wells, the United Kingdom.

Part of Checkit Plc, Titman Tip Tools Ltd. is a world-renowned brand that offers the finest quality precision-made industrial tooling to customers worldwide. The private company is based in Clacton On Sea, UK. Independent tests have proven Titman cutters to be amongst the longest lasting in the world. Titman provides resources for customers to maximize the life of their tooling, including recommended feed rates and re-sharpening guidelines. Founded in 1973, Titman has grown from a backstreet shed into a leading brand in cutting technology. Titman Tip Tools was acquired by Howle Holdings Ltd., a SUB of Checkit Plc from Brunel Holdings Plc on July 01, 1997 for $1.73 million.

AAC Cyroma Ltd. manufactures and supplies vacuum formed and injection moulded products to the automotive, construction, utilities, and retail industry sectors. The firm's services include vacuum forming, injection moulding, polyurethane moulding, assembly, testing and analysis, packing, storage, and coordinated logistics of parts. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Banbury, the United Kingdom.

Digitron Instrumentation Ltd. manufactures instruments for pressure and temperature measurement. The company is based in Cambridge, UK. Digitron Instrumentation was acquired by The British Rototherm Co. Ltd. from Checkit Plc on March 27, 2017 for $0.37 million.