Specialist for ESD protection and cleanroom consumables with global supply chain management.

Ant Group

Bury St Edmunds (UK) · Round Rock (US) · Nuremberg (DE)New on Amplifa

1987Founded

3Locations (UK, US, DE)

700+Customers in 70 countries

40+Active markets

2,000+Product variants

About Ant Group

Ant Group is a privately managed company founded in 1987, headquartered in Bury St Edmunds (UK) and specialised in antistatic (ESD) and cleanroom consumables for the electronics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, defence and automotive industries. The product range comprises more than 2,000 product variants, including JEDEC IC matrix trays, conductive foams and special foam packaging for baking, handling, storage and shipping processes of electronic components. In addition, the company offers global supply chain management and procurement outsourcing with inventory management, supplier consolidation, cost reduction as well as documentation and compliance. At its UK headquarters, Ant Group operates a validated 58-m² ISO-6 cleanroom for special packaging that requires a controlled environment, as well as in-house testing to ANSI/ESD standards. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, active in over 40 countries and serves more than 700 customers in 70 countries. In addition to the UK headquarters, Ant Group maintains a US headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and an office in Nuremberg.

Site: Nuremberg
Processes: Supply Chain Management, Procurement Outsourcing, Inventory Management, Supplier Consolidation, Cost Reduction, Documentation & Compliance, In-house ANSI/ESD Testing, Cleanroom Special Packaging (ISO 6)
Materials: ANSI/ESD Testing, ISO-6 Cleanroom Packaging
Certificates: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 6 Cleanroom (58 m², validated), ISO 9001, ISO 6 Cleanroom (validated)
Founded: 1987
Industries: Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Defence, Automotive, Semiconductors

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Procurement outsourcing and purchasing
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Inventory management and supplier consolidation
03
In-house ANSI/ESD testing
04
Cleanroom special packaging (ISO 6)
05
Global logistics and distribution

Processes & Services

ESD-TEST

ANSI/ESD Testing

In-house testing of electrostatic properties according to international ANSI/ESD standards.

ISO6-CR

ISO-6 Cleanroom Packaging

Special packaging in a validated 58-m² ISO-6 cleanroom for products that require a controlled environment.

Locations

Bury St Edmunds

UK Headquarters (Integrity House, Easlea Road)

ISO-6 cleanroom (58 m², validated)

Round Rock

US Headquarters (1000 Heritage Center Circle, Texas)

Nuremberg

Office (Further Straße 27)

Industries

ElectronicsPharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyDefenceAutomotiveSemiconductorsAerospaceMedical technology

1 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
ISO 6 Cleanroom (58 m², validated)	–	1	58 m2	–	Bury St Edmunds, UK

Additional services

Supply Chain ManagementProcurement OutsourcingInventory ManagementSupplier ConsolidationCost ReductionDocumentation & ComplianceIn-house ANSI/ESD TestingCleanroom Special Packaging (ISO 6)Global Logistics/Distribution

Reference customers

Marconi (historical, founder background)

Quality

Ant Group is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and carries out ANSI/ESD testing in-house according to international standards. A validated 58-m² ISO-6 cleanroom is available for special packaging.

Evidence	Bury St Edmunds
ISO 9001
ISO 6 Cleanroom (validated)

History

1987
Founded by John Hensley (21 years old) with support from the Prince's Youth Business Trust; started with Marconi in the field of radiation-hardened silicon-on-sapphire wafers for aerospace, defence and SATCOM.
1990
Contact with the Prince's Youth Business Trust Exhibition secures the future after the end of the Cold War; development into a pan-European supplier of ESD production consumables.
Strategic merger of the Antistat Inc and Integrity Cleanroom brands into an integrated ESD and cleanroom solution.