AN AWARD-winning marine electronics firm has celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Actisense was founded as a consultancy business to advise other electronics manufacturers but soon created its own range of products.

Its products are now sold by a network of more than 80 distributors in 50 countries, with more than 90 per cent of revenue coming from exports.

The business is based at Poole’s Nuffield Industrial Estate, with 33 staff and in-house specialism in engineering and design, manufacturing, sales and marketing.

Founder and chief executive Phil Whitehurst said: ”From my spare bedroom 25 years ago, to our wonderful facility in Poole today, we have built something really special with a team of incredible people solving some of marine electronics’ most critical connectivity challenges.

“We’re proud of our team’s creativity and innovation including the development of our ISO-Drive technology – which is now found on tens of thousands of vessels around the globe. Reliability is what our customers tell us is most important to them, so that remains our core focus.

“As a business, we’ve been fortunate to have grown every year, despite significant external headwinds including the pandemic and global recessions. We have the best customers in the world who constantly give us valuable feedback and suggestions on how we can help improve things for them.”