Lontra

Company profile

Lontra company profile

Lontra is a leading engineering, manufacturing and digital services business delivering revolutionary air and gas compressors. The company is backed by world-class technical and commercial partners, including Industrial Air Centers, Universal Wolf, Sulzer, Shield Engineering Group, ABB, SKF, Severn Trent Water and Yaskawa. The company's flagship product, the award-winning and patented Blade Compressor® is the first widely applicable new compressor design in over 80 years. The technology is proven to be up to a third more efficient than its competitors, offering incredible energy savings and delivering significant improvements in reliability. Now developing new technologies and expanding into new industries and compressor applications. These include general manufacturing, cement, food and drink, pharmaceutical, industrial wastewater, drinking water and power generation. Lontra has attracted wonderful support in terms of grants and awards from Innovate UK, Horizon2020, Edie, IMechE, Royal Academy of Engineering, The Carbon Trust, and Severn Trent Water. Most recently winning the 2020 IMechE Award for Innovation in Bulk Materials and Handling.