Antares History

Antares began as a new start-up business in 1993 based upon a recognition by the original founders that the specialist vehicle builders and remote power manufacturers could use techniques which were common in industrial and telecom markets to improve batteries and battery charging.

This grew to other aspects of the auxiliary electrical power system such as diesel generation, voltage conversion and task management.

Over the years Antares have developed into a leading engineering solutions company and have served many blue chip clients and government organisations. We have created many novel solutions for our customers.

In 1995 Antares were a significant partner to Trinity House in their solarisation program of the UK lighthouses by designing a unique single stage HID lamp driver. In 1997 Antares helped London Ambulance to create a reliable three battery power system to eliminate non starts, techniques which have since been copied and adopted by the industry. Antares were the first to promote the use of priority split charge and the use of GEL batteries as the most cost effective solution for cyclic applications.

Despite being able to produce systems at the very highest level, we have still managed to provide professional products such as inverters, chargers, batteries and power systems for thousands of users who still rely on us.

Since those days Antares have gone from strength to strength and boast ISO9001:2000 certification by the prestigious BSI.

Recent successes include the development of a incident messaging system for the Environment Agency and the supply of a battle field power system for an air transportable ECM vehicle.

Where to in future? Antares have been a leading advocate for use of PLCs and multiplexing on vehicles and have an unrivalled technical offering. We are currently engaged with carbon abatement technologies for use in specialist vehicles and off-grid – playing our part in a sustainable world.

We are large enough to provide a comprehensive service to you, but still small enough not to lose the personal touch.