South Derbyshire-based Carfulan Group (www.carfulan.com) is to appear in the London Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain report 2019, which celebrates the country’s most outstanding small to medium-size businesses.

To make the cut, companies are required to show consistent revenue growth over a minimum of three years,significantly out-performing their industry peers.

Comprised of OGP UK, SYS Systems, Zoller UK and Vicivision UK, the Carfulan Group provides a range of advanced-manufacturing technology solutions and employs around 50 people, which represents a staffing increase of 400% since 2002.

With more than 1,500 machine supplied to the UK market, over 700 customers and a turnover approaching £15 million, the company specialises in multi-sensor inspection equipment, 3-D printing technology, tool pre-setting and inspection devices and turned-part measurement solutions, working with major companies in the aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, medical and education and design sectors.

Group managing director Chris Fulton said: “Demand in UK manufacturing continues to grow, and our intuitive products are helping businesses to move smoothly towards Industry 4.0 — a new era of interconnectivity, automation and self-monitoring that will deliver smoother processes and more-productive ‘smart factories’.

“From design through production to quality control, we offer best-in-class solutions at every stage of the manufacturing process for businesses of all sizes.”

David Schwimmer, London Stock Exchange Group CEO, said: “Congratulations to all the companies selected for inclusion in the sixth edition of the 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain report, which identifies the UK’s most dynamic SMEs.”

A searchable database of all of the companies featured in the report, along with a downloadable pdf of the publication, can be found at the Web site (www.1000companies.com).