Dr Gareth Evans

Science Lead

Ex-Principal Scientist, Health & Safety Executive Laboratories, Buxton.


An experienced occupational health researcher with a background in toxicology, respiratory and skin disease and the health effects of exposure to occupational hazards. 


A subject matter expert in health risks from exposure to metalworking fluids.


Worked closely with the manufacturing industry, the Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Sheffield, The Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, and the Graphene Institute in the University of Manchester. 


Provides technical advice to the UK Lubricants Association Product Stewardship Safety Group that developed the UKLA Good Practice Guide for Safe Handling and Disposal of Metalworking Fluids.

Steve Thompson

Engineering Lead

A time served mechanical engineer with extensive, practical shopfloor experience


A problem solver and advocate of process improvements to deal with unnecessary waste in industry.


Patented and Patent pending technologies invented to reduce costs and risks in metalworking fluid environments from better swarf recycling to improved fluid management


Inventor of HEXmon SENSOR concept and enabler of IoT technologies for smarter factory operations and improved efficiencies.


     why are we doing what we do?



traditional manufacturing processes create pollution e.g. mist, dust, fumes and noise etc.


pollution levels vary each day and have a negative impact on air quality.


the performance of control measures, used to reduce exposure risk,  are critical to a safer work place.


control measures fail, processes change and without 24/7 monitoring there is an unknown impact on the air we breath.



     what are we doing about it?



we have developed HEXmon SENSOR  solutions to help identify risk and highlight opportunities to improve and reduce cost



our IP is the firmware embedded in the micro-controllers, which securely delivers data from the sensors to the cloud, and the code, which displays the data in our web app



our innovative approach focuses on Machine, Operator and Process Health to improve FACTORY INDOOR AIR QUALITY and is affordable for the smallest of SME's and cost effective for larger blue-chip manufacturers



      how are we helping?



  • help comply with BS40102-1:2023 Health and wellbeing in non-domestic buildings


  • turn maintenance and health & safety challenges into actionable insight


  • identifying 'real-time' changes in emission levels from manufacturing processes to quickly understand changes in air quality


  • creating 'trigger alarms' when guidance values are exceeded e.g. extraction performance deterioates


  • inform and assist actions taken to reduce emissions and lower health risks


HEXmon solves the problem of NOT KNOWING