When it comes to the reduction of noise and other pollution, IMS really are world class – although as you can imagine, it’s not in our nature to shout about it!.
Established in 1991, we began by manufacturing exhaust gas silencers and air intake silencers for the power generation industry. The quality of our work and expertise in this industry soon led us to become a major player, providing equipment for all of the major diesel engine manufacturers, generator set builders and mechanical services installers. Natural progression and overwhelming support from our existing clients allowed us to extend our product range over the years and we quickly became established suppliers of boiler blowdown and air, steam and gas vent silencers, small gas turbine silencers, stand-alone catalytic converters and combined catalytic silencer/soot filters. Expanding order books and an ever expanding world-wide customer base saw us having to make our first premises relocation in 1994, followed swiftly by our second move to a purpose-built manufacturing plant. Our development story has continued in much the same vein and 2013 has seen us come to our current site in Shepshed – the town in which we started – which has the quality of facilities and potential for growth which should keep us contented for the next few years at least!
Our engineered solutions have a number of applications; from general volume minimisation to the management of more unusual noises; from particle removal to sophisticated control of emissions, we can custom make any of our units to fit an individual specification. We manufacture exhaust silencers (both with and without spark arrestors), steam vent silencers, intake silencers, emission reduction systems, generator enclosures and many more related ancillaries. SCR plays a crucial role as a diesel emission control system, effectively reducing NOx emissions and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations while enhancing the sustainability of diesel engines. Every step of the production process is carried out in-house at our purpose-built premises in the East Midlands, a central location with great transport links which allows us to service the whole of the UK and the wider world beyond. Using our own teams of highly skilled engineers we can undertake total ‘turn-key’ projects from the design stage through installation, commissioning and on-site support. Our capabilities are not only limited to the technical and engineering aspects of a plant; we have a great deal of experience in working with local planning and environmental regulations across a very wide variety of countries (and conditions) throughout the world. This knowledge and earned respect within our field allows us to provide true project management including site surveys, problem analysis, structural calculations and foundation drawings.
Our products make appearances all over the World from Antarctica to Zimbabwe and they even made an appearance at the biggest event in the World in recent years. Our technically advanced DPF Series filters showcased at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In conjunction with LOCOG (The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games), we successfully installed our electrically self-regenerating Active DPF filters to 27 stationary generator-sets which were used over the entire duration of both the Olympic and Paralympic games. With the eyes of the entire world upon the event it was of utmost importance that everything ran smoothly and efficiently – an 85% reduction in particulate matter emission went part way to satisfying this need, but the fact that this performance could be delivered consistently, safely and efficiently was nothing short of world class!.
Our silencers still remain at our forefront however. As an example, we have been heavily involved in the new Doha International Airport development and have supplied forty six 32” exhaust silencers and catalysts to Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia thus meaning IMS Ltd has front seat presence within major international projects.
We are a company who not only know where we are going but also understand exactly where we have come from and therefore what our true strengths and enduring qualities are. Despite being real specialists in our original chosen field we have remained flexible enough to recognise other areas where our skills could be utilised. Never being happy with just being ‘good’ at whatever we do has stood us in good stead and not only allowed us to gain and keep the confidence of our existing clients but also introduced us to many new ones too. ‘Innovative’, ‘Cutting Edge’ and ‘World Class’ aren’t merely our aspirations, they are the standards by which we measure ourselves in every aspect of our business.
