Spectrum Technologies Ltd is marking the 30th anniversary of the company’s management buyout (MBO) from British Aerospace PLC (now BAE Systems) on 9 March. Today the international aerospace industry relies totally on the laser marking technology pioneered by Spectrum for processing and identifying aircraft electrical wiring; with around 12,000 commercial aircraft from the global airline fleet in the air at any time, that’s over 1 million miles of laser marked wire circling the planet.Spectrum Technologies Ltd (Spectrum) was established in October 1989 as a technology spin out from British Aerospace (BAE) to develop and commercialise industrial laser technology. The company was born out of a research group at BAE’s corporate research centre in Bristol, UK, led by Dr Peter Dickinson, the company’s current Chairman and Chief Technology Offic...

Appointment of Mr Wayne Thomas asManaging Director, Spectrum Technologies Ltd Spectrum Technologies is delighted to announce that Mr Wayne Thomas has joined the Company in the role of Managing Director. Mr Thomas succeeds Dr Ian Hopkin who took on the role in early 2022 but who has subsequently taken early retirement for personal reasons. Dr Peter Dickinson remains in the role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) to guide the long-term strategic development of the business and to contribute to new business development.Wayne Thomas is an MBA qualified Operations professional with diverse experience in all aspects of electronics, automotive, oil/gas and most recently natural/organic skincare and beauty sectors. He has excellent business, commercial, financial and manufacturing experience gained from 30 successful ...

To all our stakeholders The Covid-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented and unwelcome event resulting in a year of tumult and turmoil that nobody foresaw. As the effects of the pandemic ran around the world in ever increasing and expanding circles, constricting communities and economies, it has ruined lives and livelihoods and businesses. As of today it has infected over 120 million people and killed over 2.7 million. Countless businesses have gone bust and many tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs. Major airlines have grappled with passenger numbers dropping by over 80% in a matter of weeks and it is estimated it will be several years before numbers return to 2019 levels. As a result it has had an enormous impact on our civil aviation market and resulted in a significant contraction in our sales in that sector of our bus...