Company history

 

Morgan Automation Ltd was founded in 1987 by Howard and Sue Clarke in order to exploit Howard Clarke’s innovative design capabilities.

From the start the Company specialised in developing medical products although over the years products in many other fields have also been developed.

Morgan’s flagship radio frequency (RF) lesion generators for pain relief were initially conceived by the Company during 1987/88 working with a General Practitioner who had an interest in back pain. The Company launched its first lesion generator and sold it into the National Health Service in 1989. In the early 1990’s after forming an alliance with a marketing company, further more advanced machines were developed for the fledgling pain market. Since the early 1990’s the treatment of pain has become a very important part of any health system with the majority of hospitals and clinics throughout the world now having their own pain departments.
When the marketing company was acquired by a US company, Neurotherm Inc. they also acquired the rights to Morgan’s lesion generators. A successful strategic alliance has been the result of those acquisitions and sales of the Neurotherm range now account for over 60 per cent of the world market and Morgan continues in its design, development and manufacturing role. The most recent development, the NT2000 is the most advanced model in the field with a 15” touchscreen and the machine itself capable of doing 4 nerve ablations simultaneously.

During the 1990’s the Company worked with other medical distribution companies developing for them innovative products such as the Menostat for endometrial ablation, which is an alternative to the hysterectomy operation and a low cost Diathermy machine for the treatment of cervical cancer.

It is the expertise and experience gained in these developments that is leading to the development of further revolutionary electronic medical devices for such diverse conditions as Motor Neuron Disease, prostate cancer and pregnancy.
Also in the 1990’s the Company developed a Lighting Control System for large office blocks. Using telephones as light switches it was regularly used throughout the 1990’s by companies such as Sainsbury’s and Cable & Wireless.
Working in collaboration with other companies such as Schering Plough, 3M, Cyanamid and Coopers Blinds Morgan also designed and developed large test machines for asthma inhaler production lines, asthma inhaler assembly machines and control systems for smoke curtain safety systems.

Company Profile

 

The Company has been a family run company since 1987 and this tradition continues into the 21st Century. It has a modern factory facility in Petersfield, Hampshire and employs 24, a third of which are qualified to graduate level or beyond.

The senior management team is Sue Clarke (Managing Director), Howard Clarke (Technical Director) and Andrew Rowland (Finance Director).

The Research & Development and Test Departments are headed by Richard Reich, the Administration Department by Pat Robinson and Production by Bill Dean.

Quality assurance is the cornerstone of Morgan’s ethos, it is ISO 9001-2008, ISO 13485 approved and is a FDA (Federal Drugs Administration) registered company. Rob Smith is responsible for all Quality issues ensuring that all the products whether in manufacture or in development are produced to the highest standard.

Working as a team is a crucial part of the Company’s philosophy, as well as the founders, the Senior Test Engineer has been with Morgan since 1987 and a number more have well over 10 years service.

The Company was an early adopter of flexi-time and is currently trialling the concept of a four day week and 3 day weekend, staff working their full hours in 4 days. Not only does this give staff more free time but it reduces travelling time and fuel use.
The company is a keen supporter of both local and national initiatives to protect the environment and of business education partnerships. Support for local schools is seen as crucial in an attempt to encourage young people to consider engineering and technology as a career option and a number of work experience opportunities are offered to this end.