Company Information   Blatchford is a global supplier of prosthetic and orthotic products and services, offering lower limb prosthetic component manufacture and distribution world wide, and focussed clinical supply of prostheses and orthoses in selected markets including the UK and India . As such Blatchford is at the heart of development of digital electronic and intelligent interface systems to enhance the lives of people with limited mobility. Our direct contact with service users and providers via our Clinical Services Division provides a foundation of knowledge about the people we seek to fit that informs all of our design and strategic planning decisions. Our guiding principles • To invest in the future of Prosthetics and Orthotics through innovative use of new technologies • To assist the development of standards throughout the industry by participating in the working groups and ISO committees, which ensure the highest levels of care for individuals. • To provide a service care model that recognises the individual and encourages and enables service users to realise their personal goals

Blatchford is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced high precision components for artificial lower limbs, and the provision of outstanding prosthetic and orthotic care. Blatchford is a private UK company, which employs in excess of 450 employees in clinics and offices worldwide.

The awards won by Blatchford make an impressive list. Three Queens Awards for Technological Achievement, a Design Council Award, the Prince of Wales Award for Innovation and a Millennium Products Award are a testament to the groundbreaking work carried out by the company since its foundation in 1890.

Central to the company's product portfolio is the range of prosthetics known as Endolite, which use carbon fibre composite materials and smart electronics to provide sophisticated but practical solutions to the needs of lower limb amputees. Exolite, the company's Orthotics brand utilises the latest CAD CAM technology to enhance the fit and functionality of orthotic devices.

At Blatchford Clinics the Service Care Model includes provision of high quality individualised rehabilitation, a reassuring back up service and continuous education programmes on technical and rehabilitation topics. The UK NHS consistently awards a large proportion of UK prosthetics and Orthotics contracts to Blatchford.