Solenoids from NSF Controls are playing a crucial role in the operation of sterilisation equipment used throughout the world to destroy harmful germs and bacteria. The solenoids are specified on bench-top autoclaves - instrument sterilisers which use steam at high temperatures and pressures to kill harmful germs.

Blackburn-based Prestige Medical, one of the world’s leading names in sterilisation, manufacture state-of-the-art autoclaves which are supplied to a range of healthcare professionals across the world, including hospitals, dentists, general practioners, medical centres, veterinary surgeries, hairdressers and tatooists. NSF supplies Prestige Medical with solenoids used to activate the opening and closing mechanism on the company’s Century 2 and Century B autoclaves.

A combination of product quality and customer service helped NSF secure the contract to supply solenoids to Prestige Medical, as Purchasing Manager David Davies explained, "NSF’s ability to supply reliable components in batch sizes to suit our requirements has proved extremely useful and the fact that our manufacturing operations aren’t interrupted by availability problems".