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SDI Group plc

("SDI", the "Company", or the "Group")

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17 March 2026 - SDI Group plc, the buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products, provides an update on recent activities from within the Company's portfolio.  

Stephen Brown, Chief Executive Officer of SDI Group, said:

"The level of activity we are seeing within our portfolio reflects the Group's focus on driving organic growth through product innovation and customer service. Winning international blue-chip clients, securing contracts with new and existing customers, entering new geographies and launching pioneering new products demonstrates that our portfolio companies continue to gain traction across the world in industries as diverse as aerospace and defence to Formula One."

Industrial & Scientific Sensors

Sentek, the manufacturer of electrochemical sensors, has secured a significant £2.1m contract with a multinational industrial manufacturing company, to supply custom electrochemical sensors. Sentek has partnered with this customer for several years, and the latest contract reflects both the quality of the company's product and customer service offering.

Chell Instruments ("Chell") continues to see solid demand for its pressure, vacuum, gas flow and control instrumentation, executing on the previously announced £0.9m contract to supply testing machines and support equipment to a leading gas meter manufacturer establishing a new production facility.

Chell continues to trade strongly, with a healthy pipeline of aerospace contracts, including an order for the supply of scanners for the new Tempest aircraft programme, and the delivery of a bespoke designed Q-DAQ scanner variant to a major UK based aero engine manufacturer. In addition, the company has expanded its reach into near-space testing, with an order from HALO Space for a several microDAQ3 pressure sensors, to provide real time pressure measurements.

In Formula One, Chell has added the competition's most newly formed team, Cadillac, as a customer, providing miniature on-car and wind tunnel scanners. The company now supplies 10 of the 11 teams in the Formula One World Championship.

MPB Industries, which designs and manufactures flowmeters and control instrumentation, recently launched its Long Series 1200 Flowmeter, featuring ultra-low flow and high-resolution capabilities. The new flowmeter delivers instantaneous flow rate measurement for virtually any process gas or liquid, with applications across multiple markets including medical and aviation.

Lab Equipment

Monmonth Scientific ("Monmouth"), the market-leading provider of clean air solutions, has continued to see strong momentum in demand for its products, including an exclusive partnership with IMeBIO to deliver mobile modular cleanrooms and biocontainment laboratories. The partnership opens Monmouth to new markets, allowing the mobile cleanrooms to be installed in just five hours with simple utility connections, allowing organisations to respond quickly to urgent research or biocontainment needs. The company has also completed the design, manufacture and installation of a 1,700sq ft ISO Class 8 Modular Cleanroom for Parker Hannifin, supporting controlled manufacturing operations, demonstrating Monmouth Scientific's capability to deliver scalable cleanroom solutions for engineering and manufacturing applications.

Severn Thermal Systems ("Severn"), the designer and manufacturer of high temperature furnaces and environmental chambers, has recently developed a new vacuum furnace in collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (the "Authority"). Following its development, the Authority has placed an order for three furnaces, demonstrating the strength of the technology. Severn sees strong potential for vacuum furnaces as it enters a new market.

LTE Scientific, the manufacturer and supplier of laboratory and medical equipment, has received an order for the delivery of 12 bespoke drying cabinets for a major client. The units have been designed to be flexible, stand-alone solutions and for use across multiple rooms.

Safelab, one of the UK's leading fume cupboard manufacturers, continue to execute their significant £1.3m contract for supplying the defence industry with over 100 Airone XP4 fume cupboards. Alongside this, they have also won a significant contract to supply fume cupboards to HEB2 (Higher Education Bundle 2) in Ireland via their longstanding Irish distributor. They also continue to develop new products for the company's core customer base and recently launched its new Airone C700 recirculating fume cupboard. The compact solution is designed for University laboratories, R&D facilities, Pharmaceutical labs and Industrial testing environments, and can be installed either as a bench top unit or trolley mounted for enhanced portability.

Industrial & Scientific Products

Scientific Vacuum Systems ("SVS") recently received a significant £2.2m contract with one of the world's largest consumer brands, and one of their longest-standing customers, reflecting continued confidence in the quality of its systems, which form an integral part of the customer's workflows.

Earlier this month, following the success of the Dragonfly project, Atik Cameras announced its camera technology will be integrated into the MOTHRA (Modular Optical Telephoto Hyperspectral Robotic Array) project. MOTHRA aims to construct the world's largest all-lens telescope, with capabilities exceeding those of any existing telescope on Earth or in space. The project is designed to facilitate unprecedented observations of the large-scale structure of the Universe, including the network of gas and dark matter that connects galaxies.

Fraser Anti-Static ("Fraser"), the manufacturer of equipment and solutions used to control static electricity, has seen continued contract momentum from both existing and new customers, with market recognition of the application and value of Fraser's technologies. In particular, Fraser has seen increased order activity from South Korea, a key market and high-quality base for industrial manufacturing.

InspecVision has seen sustained market traction for its precision inspection machines, notably in the North American market, where it has recently completed installations for Boeing, Amazon and Parker Hannafin, and has also expanded its customer base with new contracts in the UK and the Netherlands. InspecVision continues to invest in new product development and was recognised at the international trade fair, Blechexpo, with the "Best Award 2025 for Innovation" for its newly developed, AI powered guidance and verification system.

About SDI Group plc

SDI Group plc is a group of small to medium size companies with specialist industrial and scientific products in growth sector niches which help solve customers' key challenges.

It specialises in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture specialist products for use in lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products.

Its portfolio of businesses supplies the life sciences, healthcare, plastics and packaging, manufacturing, precision optics and measurement instrumentation markets.

SDI aims to continue its growth through driving the organic growth of its portfolio companies and by the acquisition of complementary technology businesses with established reputations in global markets.

For more information, please see: www.SDIGroup.com

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