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Made in the North East: Inventor creates innovative filtration system

North East inventor Richard Baker is joining the region’s rich heritage of manufacturing ingenuity, creating a new filtration system hoped to take Britain by storm.

After two years in the making, entrepreneur Richard will soon the Pure Pull Mobile to market - his breakthrough invention after providing technical support to the industry for over two decades.

Powered solely by compressed air, the product filters out fumes generated by machines and chemicals within the workplace, leaving the air clean and breathable in its wake.

A specialist in pneumatic control Richard received startup advice from the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) in 1994, when he decided to launch his company, Pneumatics Northern, from a base at the BIC.

Richard said: “Like all good ideas they come from listening to the needs of your customers. It’s been a long process but we now have something which is high flow and high filtration.

“It’s very satisfying to have invented a product that can be manufactured in the North East of England, this is why the product has a Union Jack on it, Made in Britain, is something I am very proud of.”

Assembled by an engineering company in Cramlington, who also machine the specialised parts, Richard sees the product becoming European wide.

He continued: “The intention is to break into UK market first, and get the product established, and then grow an international customer base from right here at the BIC.

“We are going to market with the Pure Pull Mobile first, and then we will introduce a static version that we have also developed called a Pure Pull Bench.

“I truly believe this is an innovative product which will hopefully lead to the development of further projects in the future.”

David Howell, Director of operations at the BIC, added: “When Richard first moved to the BIC it was a far cry from the bustling business community we have today.

“It is true to say that the BIC and Pneumatics Northern have grown up together and to witness Richard’s continued success and appetite for developing innovative products in the North East is inspiring.”

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