Numatic International

Numatic International Limited
Formerly
  • Compact Air Heating Limited (1963–1967)
  • Nu-matic Engineering Limited (1967–1980)
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryMajor appliance
Founded9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)
FounderChris Duncan
Headquarters,
England, United Kingdom
Key people
Chris Duncan
(Chairman and Founder)
Stuart Cochrane
(Manufacturing Manager)
ProductsVacuum cleaners and other cleaning equipment (Henry)
Revenue GB £234.6 million (2023)
GB £10 million (2013)
Number of employees
1,000 (2017)
Websitenumatic.co.uk

Numatic International Limited is a British manufacturer primarily producing domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning and maintenance equipment distributed worldwide. It is one of the major producers of vacuum cleaners in the United Kingdom, producing the Henry domestic vacuum cleaner and its related models, which also shares a canister design with the "smiling face" appearance and human name.

The company was founded on 9 September 1963, and as of 2024 is owned solely by Chairman and Founder Chris Duncan, who created the compact shape for the cleaner. The company owns a manufacturing facility in Chard, Somerset, South West England, and eight subsidiary companies located in France, South Africa, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In 2017, the company employed over 1000 people and produced 4,500 units per day, over 40% of which were exported.