Orbital Fabrications

Designs, fabricates and installs high-purity gas and liquid delivery systems for semiconductor and life sciences sites

St Ives, United KingdomFounded 1988orbitalfl.com Website technologies

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About Orbital Fabrications

Orbital designs, manufactures, installs and maintains high- and ultra-high-purity gas and liquid delivery systems. Its work includes orbital welding, CNC machining, pipe spool fabrication, stainless steel fabrication and in-house cleanroom assembly at ISO class 5 and 6. Gas control equipment includes the Valve Manifold Box (VMB) and Valve Manifold Panel (VMP).

Customers are in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, clean energy and research sectors. Named recent projects include work for Nexperia, IQE Europe and the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM). Services run from pre-contract design and costing through installation on customer premises to planned maintenance and Written Scheme of Examination (WSE) documentation.

Orbital was founded in 1988 by Ian Pearson in a rented industrial unit near Cambridge and later moved to St Ives, Cambridgeshire, where it is based. Bergman & Beving, a Swedish industrial group, acquired a majority stake in December 2023. Orbital is part of the group's Safety Technology division.

Product: High-purity gas and liquid delivery systems, including gas control equipment (VMB, VMP), with design, fabrication, testing, installation and maintenance.

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Leadership

Ian Pearson · Founder
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James Bridges · Chief Executive Officer
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Martin Kay · Chief Operating Officer
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Alex Tafft · Finance Director
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Dee Mullard-Davies · Site Director
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Freddy Carter · Projects & Engineering Director
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