Following our 25th anniversary in 2024, we were determined to continue our ambitious agenda for growth in 2025 – and it’s been a particularly exciting year for Artemis. A highlight has undoubtedly been the huge honour of winning a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
The level of detail required by the Award application is exacting, but it gave us the impetus to look from every angle at what we have achieved so far and in turn a very clear view of where we are going. On the subject of awards, we were delighted that Deborah was a finalist in the Business Growth Awards, a scheme that recognises the achievements of businesswomen across South East England.
As we head towards the end of 2025 and look to 2026, here’s a round-up of the latest news and some views from Artemis.
Artemis expands
The growth in demand for aviation component supplies has been exponential in the last few years with the supply chain more stretched than ever before. The demand for components from tried and trusted sources has rocketed and, here at Artemis, we have further invested in people, processes, systems and critical components to ensure we continue to identify the right solutions and deliver ever more efficiently for our customers.
By establishing a further logistics hub in Hamburg later this month we will streamline supplies and delivery for our customers in Europe and further support our vision to provide a faster and more efficiently connected global service. Hamburg joins our existing hubs in Miami, Los Angeles and Singapore.
Further expansion has involved the opening of a new UK logistics facility in Ashington, West Sussex, which gives us not only far greater storage and handling capacity but also a greatly increased capability to offer genuine 24/7 AOG support for our global customer base.
The King's Award
Having announced in June that Artemis had been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, in October we were delighted to welcome Lady Emma Barnard, His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, to our Ashington facility for the presentation of a trophy. Over the afternoon we gave our guests a full tour of the logistics centre and talked over the services that Artemis provides to its global customer base. While we discussed the merits of emergency equipment, Lady Emma tried on a passenger lifejacket.
Having never had the need to inflate one in the past, she said it was great fun to be able to pull the cord and see the results!
We will now proudly display the King’s Award emblem for the next five years. This award recognises everything Deborah and I and our team have done to develop a business which now competes on the world stage at every level.
MRO Europe 2025 – meeting, marketing and a mystery . . .
We had a hugely productive and enjoyable time at MRO Europe, which took place from October 14th-16th at ExCel in London. Exhibiting at the MRO for the first time, we decided to celebrate our King’s Award by adding a bit of fun to the Artemis experience – inviting attendees to join us on our stand to guess the contents of three mystery boxes.
Of those that qualified, the winner was selected at random and given a choice of one of three globally renowned British experiences, all recognised for offering the peak of customer service and quality – for which Artemis continually aims!
Huge congratulations to our lucky winner Michiel Verdonk – we hope you enjoy your prize!
With 13,000 registered attendees, gatherings like MRO Europe help us keep our fingers on the pulse of the industry’s mood. In a year dominated by the on-off imposition of trade tariffs from the USA, a successful global business must remain eternally agile to shape the best outcomes for trusting customers. Maintaining a raft of alternative strategies that may or may not be needed also helps – but it doesn’t make life any easier!
Sponsorship of The Air League – up for a challenge
One of the highlights of our involvement this year was Deborah’s role as a judge for the Innovators’ Global Challenge at the Sustainable Skies World Summit. Run by the Air League and Sustainable Aviation, the Challenge supports the aviation industry in delivering its sustainability ambitions – a perennially hot topic.
For the Challenge, two age categories of young people (11-15 and 16+) were tasked with coming up with an innovative idea to help the aviation industry meet NetZero2050. They had to consider the technology, costings, timings and feasibility of implementation in the real world. From shopping at airports on kinetic floor tiles to growing hemp for sustainable aviation fuel, the ideas were remarkable, as was the confidence, talent and ambition of all the contestants. The competition reinforced our conviction that The Air League genuinely changes lives.
Deborah and I attended the charity’s annual reception at the Palace of Westminster in July. We were delighted to meet and talk to some of the inspiring and enthusiastic young people supported by The Air League, as well as colleagues in the aviation and related industries.
A few thoughts as we head for 2026 . . .
Throughout 2025 demand for aircraft components has increasingly outstripped supply and in many sectors, OEMs continue to struggle to keep up with the airline industry’s needs. This has bolstered the use of USM and the realisation that instead of being second-class options, that the use of PMA parts, DER repairs and the careful management of aircraft engine LLP life, have a vital role to play in maximising the life of older aircraft.
While safety is universally regarded as the industry’s top priority, the sector must explore all options to help a sluggish supply chain recover to the higher levels of performance that businesses need.
Our continued efforts to get things done pay off every day, but with labour shortages, trade barriers, geopolitical unrest, et al, the simple task of getting the right part to the right person, at the right place, at the right time has been ever increasingly intricate. Will 2026 change that? Sorry, I’m just rebooting my crystal ball . . .
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