The Huntingdonshire Business Awards 2025 brought to you by Invest in Huntingdonshire on behalf of the Huntingdonshire District Council, are delighted to welcome Equipment Support Company (ESC) as a Category Sponsor. This year, ESC will be supporting the Youth and Education Award, a category that celebrates organisations and initiatives dedicated to nurturing talent, inspiring young people, and equipping future generations with the skills they need to succeed.

Joining the judging panel is Phil Surman, Technical Sales Director at Equipment Support Company. With his extensive experience in technical innovation and his commitment to developing skills for the future, Phil will bring valuable insight to the judging process as we recognise Huntingdonshire’s champions of youth and education.

About Equipment Support Company (ESC)
Equipment Support Company (ESC) conceives, designs, builds, tests, installs and services thin film deposition equipment, custom vacuum systems and pulsed high voltage test equipment. Servicing the advanced materials market. End uses are as exciting and varied as advanced optics, semiconductors and novel dielectrics. Our systems have been used in the development and production of mobile phone cameras, space imaging chips, nuclear fusion experiments, satellite component testing and aerospace sensors of all kinds.

ESC has always been a supporter of apprenticeships. We know that book learning and practical experience must be combined, all the time. To succeed as a business (i.e. survive) developing one off solutions, takes inventiveness, diversity of ideas, discipline, courage and most importantly the commitment to solve problems.

By sponsoring the Youth and Education Award, ESC reaffirms its dedication to fostering the next generation of innovators and supporting the growth of a skilled, resilient, and forward-thinking workforce across Huntingdonshire.