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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advanced Materials |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founders | Stanley Goodfellow |
| Headquarters | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
Key people | Simon Kenney (CEO), Andrew Watson (CFO) |
| Products | Advanced Materials, Reference Materials |
| Services | Materials testing, analysis, machining |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | www.goodfellow.com |
Overview
editGoodfellow is a global provider and manufacturer of advanced materials and services for scientific and industrial applications. Materials include metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, and 2D materials for use in research, development, and specialized manufacturing.
Goodfellow is headquartered in Huntingdon, England, with offices and operations in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, China, and Switzerland. Goodfellow also owns a number of specialist brands: Baltimore,MD-based Potomac Photonics, Neuhausen, Switzerland-based Suisse Technology Partners, and England-based The Bureau of Analysed Samples.
Goodfellow products have been used in notable projects, like the Cassini Huygens probe, ensuring electrical safety at CERN's underground accelerator tunnels and breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy output.
History
editGoodfellow was founded in 1946 by Stanley Goodfellow in London, initially repurposing bulk aluminium left over from wartime manufacturing. The company moved to Cambridge in 1975 before moving to its current location, Huntingdon, in 1999. It was incorporated as Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd. in October 1974.
In September 2021, the company was acquired by technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures, which has since supported a series of acquisitions and a digital transformation initiative.
1946 – Goodfellow is established to supply scientific and industrial materials.
1974 – Company incorporated as Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd.
2021 – Acquired by Battery Ventures, a technology-focused investment firm, with a view to invest in digital transformation and acquisition-driven growth.
2024 – Acquisition of Potomac Photonics, a leader in laser machining, microfabrication and microfluidics.
2025 – Acquisition of materials testing experts Suisse Technology Partners and The Bureau of Analysed Samples, a global supplier of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) which was established in 1935.
Notable Projects
editSupported the Cassini-Huygens mission with platinum wire, gold, and other high-purity metals for use in the scientific instruments and sensors aboard the spacecraft.
Supported the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California in achieving a scientific breakthrough by producing more energy from a nuclear fusion experiment than was put in.
The researchers at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) are working to make sustainable fusion power a reality, using bespoke metal alloys sheets, discs, powders supplied by Goodfellow.
References
edit- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210913005917/en/Battery-Ventures-Acquires-Global-Specialty-Materials-and-Advisory-Company-Goodfellow
- https://uktechnews.co.uk/2025/05/27/goodfellow-sets-its-sights-on-growth-after-completing-largest-ever-digital-transformation-project/
- https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/swiss-firm-one-of-two-acquisitions-for-goodfellow-and-more-on-the-way
- https://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/content/news/goodfellow-corporation-supplies-materials-that-help-with-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough
- https://www.emerald.com/aeat/article/doi/10.1108/aeat.2005.12777ead.001/14938/Goodfellow-materials-unlock-secrets-of-Saturn
- https://sheetmetalindustries.com/goodfellow-secures-first-us-manufacturing-footprint-with-potomac-photonics-acquisition/
- https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/goodfellow-targets-acquisitions-to-expand-globally
- https://www.uknewsgroup.co.uk/goodfellow-secures-first-us-manufacturing-footprint-with-potomac-photonics-acquisition
- https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/posts/goodfellow-creates-us-manufacturing-footprint-by-acquiring-potomac-photonics
- https://www.insidermedia.com/news/national/goodfellow-boosts-advanced-materials-offering-with-two-acquisitions
- https://engtechnica.com/goodfellows-acquisitions-expand-global-materials-and-testing/
- https://www.insidermedia.com/news/central-and-east/goodfellow-to-boost-exports-with-new-agreement
- https://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/content/news/goodfellow-cambridge-pushes-the-next-frontier-with-1m-opportunity-at-space-comm-expo
- https://www.machinebuilding.net/goodfellow-delivers-specialist-materials-further-than-most
- https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/34900
- https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/goodfellow-sets-its-sights-on-growth-after-completing-largest-ever-digital-transformation-project/
- https://ukaea.maglr.com/supply-chain-feb-2026/sme-spotlights
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