From humble beginnings as mechanical apprentices in Ireland and Wales, Sir David McMurtry and John Deer founded Renishaw, a company with physics, engineering and innovation at its heart.

The Gloucestershire-based company has become one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of precision measurement equipment with a valuation of over £1billion.

Sir David and John are joint winners of the 2012 Swan Medal awarded by the Institute of Physics celebrating physics in business.

About the film

Filmed on location at Renishaw, New Mills, Wooton-Under-Edge; Renishaw, Woodchester; Gloucestershire, UK.

Director: Martyn Bull
Producer: Thomas Delfs
Camera: Mark Whatmore
Editors: Liam Angell, Mike Willbourne
Cast: Sir David McMurtry, John Deer

Production company: insitu
Client: Institute of Physics