Derry business celebrates double victory at 2025 BSIF Safety Awards

Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited (Hunter), which is based in Derry's Springtown Industrial Estate, a leader in high-performance PPE and sustainable safety solutions, has taken home two major honours at the 2025 British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) Safety Awards.

The company’s innovations, FLEXGUARD® and Deconology®, were awarded the Product Innovation Award and Safety Solution Award respectively, in both cases taking the top prize in the UK.

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"Winning 2 UK National awards is such an honour. The BSIF's independent judging panel includes some of the UK's top H&S professionals and having their vote of confidence that our solutions can lead in R&D in the UK really matters to me and the wider Hunter team.

"This will inspire further future R&D at Hunter to help us retain this sector leading position", Simon Hunter Esq, M.B.E., CEO of Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited.

Winner of the Product Innovation Award, FLEXGUARD® is the world’s first fully hinged blunt-trauma exoskeleton designed specifically for Public Order Officers.

These national recognitions not only affirm Hunter’s place at the forefront of the UK safety industry but also mark a defining moment in a legacy nearly 90 years in the making.

Hunter is a fourth-generation, family-owned business established in 1936. Hunter has evolved from a bespoke tailoring specialist into a pioneer in technology-driven professional clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE).

It is a true family business, energetically led by CEO Simon Hunter Esq, M.B.E., and with Simon’s wife Roisin working in the finance department and their son Jude, fourth generation, working in Business Development along with Simon’s brother Jeff Hunter as Chief Contracts Director. Along with the family who run the business they are supported by a senior leadership team and over 55 staff members.