History

2023

Cellbond marks 35 Years of Innovation with 2 Day Technical Conference at iMET

Cellbond is the proud gold sponsor of the iRCOBI conference 2023

2022

Cellbond granted The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2022

2021

Cellbond appoints Jost’s Engineering Company Limited as Sales Partner in India for ATD products.

Cellbond Japan ATD Center opened in Tsukubam Ibaraki Prefecture.

2019

Euro NCAP adopt aPLI (advanced Pedestrian Legform Impactor) for use from 2023.

CNCAP adopts the aPLI for use from 2022

HRH The Duke of Kent KG visits Cellbond HQ to celebrate the end of its 30th Anniversary Year.

2018

Moulding facilities expanded in Huntingdon

Impact Sled installation.

Cellbond signs agreement with ATD Models to supply FE Models of aPLI.

Cellbond celebrates 30th Anniversary with a 2 Day Technical Conference in Huntingdon.

Impact Sled opened by Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General at Euro NCAP.

Phitec Ingegneria srl begin production of Q6 and Q10 FE Models.

Euro NCAP adopt Cellbond Q10 Dummy Upgrade Kit.

2017

Cellbond presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2017.

Cellbond’s Flex-PLI used in EuroNCAP safety rating tests.

Q6 and Q10 Dummies produced with full DAS Integration.

A&G Technology Co. Ltd to market Cellbond ATD products in South Korea.

Work begins on the THOR-50M Dummy for use in Euro NCAP testing.

2016

Cellbond work with JAMA/JARI on the development of the aPLI (advanced Pedestrian Leg Impactor).

Cellbond’s UK Test Laboratory achieves ISO17025 Accreditation.

Cellbond begins work on the next stage of Dummy development with Q6 and Q10.

2015 onwards

Cellbond works closely with DTS and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) on the WIA Man project.

2014

Cellbond manufacture Freemotion and Ejection Mitigation Headforms.

Cellbond establish their own office in Japan, Cellbond KK.

2013

Cellbond expand with a new site in Letchworth for ATD part production.

2012

Cellbond install their own dummy calibration laboratory, in addition to existing static and dynamic test facilities.

Cellbond announces that work is starting on further ATD products including Q3 and Flex-PLI.

2011

Headforms comply with GTR and European requirements and are used to assess the performance of car bonnets in relation to pedestrian safety.

2007

Cellbond are in contact with Adelaide University to take on manufacturing of the Laser Speed Measurement Device.

Knee Ligaments for the pedestrian lower legform are manufactured to extremely tight tolerances.

2002

Cellbond recruit a distributor in China now called Welly/BFB (Beijing Forever Brightness).

1999

HBEP, now A & G Technology, becomes Cellbond’s distributor in South Korea.

Cellbond Inc. is incorporated in the USA, setting up an office and warehouse.

1989

Honeycomb calibration with MIRA in the United Kingdom.