History

Our story starts in 1987, when Michael Pix began utilising his skills in pneumatic engineering by forming a UK business. 12 months later, he partnered with Luciano Migliori, Founder of the UNIVER Group - which later became an independent British owned manufacturing company: Tecnair! Over 36 years later, Tecnair has grown into one of the largest independent British manufacturers, with its own partnerships internationally. 

History

1987
1987

Michael Pix trained as an apprentice at a local pneumatics distributor, before changing roles to a sales engineer in the 70s for a leading UK pneumatics manufacturer. Michael was soon promoted to senior management, before using his background in pneumatic engineering to form his business Totalnet.

1989
1989

Totalnet partners with a growing Italian pneumatics company, UNIVER. Totalnet changes its name to UNIVER Manufacturing Company Limited.

1994
1994

UNIVER Service Centre opens in Leeds to support the growing UK manufacturing site.

1996
1996

Pneumatechnique Ltd. is acquired to support our control systems growth.

2000
2000

Joint venture in Melbourne, Australia: investing in an established business to further assist growth and expand our overseas production facilities.

2008
2008

UNIVER Manufacturing Co Ltd. is 100% acquired and solely owned by the founder Michael Pix.

2010
2010

Dominic Pix takes over as Managing Director and Christian Pix as Operations Director, acquiring shares in the business.

2011
2011

Tecnair Italy, a custom cylinder production site, is acquired. UNIVER manufacturing rebrands as Tecnair.

2012
2012

Tecnair China is established to aid in the supply chain & the manufacturing of custom solutions.

2016
2016

Tecnair moves the site from Bradford to Shipley, Saltaire.

2017
2017

We invest in brand new fully automated CNC machinery to expand its UK capacity by over 800%

2018
2018

Pownall Security systems, a manufacturer of vehicle safety solutions, is acquired, strengthening custom solutions offered to the transport market.

2019
2019

Tecnair expands by acquiring a second building in Shipley, Saltaire, converting it into offices and production, and linking both facilities.

2020
2020

Tecnair continues to invest in further CNC automation machinery which aids in supplying machined parts for ventilators to the NHS during the COVID pandemic.

2021
2021

Tecnair’s Shipley site extends its storage with a new factory extension completed in late 2021.

2022
2022

Tecnair group has evolved and continues to uphold a reputation as a group of innovative pneumatic engineers supplying companies across the globe.