Owen Mumford

An Oxfordshire maker of medical devices with factories in Woodstock and Chipping Norton and a long-running apprenticeship programme.

About Owen Mumford

Owen Mumford designs and makes medical devices. Our sources describe factories in Woodstock and Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, where one apprentice trained as a tooling engineer. We did not read a page describing its product range, so check the company website.

We did not find a mission statement. A technical trainer quoted in a 2020 article said apprenticeship programmes are "an important way to address the skills shortage our industry faces."

The site evidence is two Oxfordshire factories at Woodstock and Chipping Norton. A local business news site and the Oxfordshire LEP also mention the company, which suggests it is well known in the county. We did not find a headcount.

We did not find independent culture information. One apprentice, Meg Denham, said she especially enjoyed "seeing how all of Owen Mumford's departments fit together." That is one person's view from a company press release.

In December 2020 the company said it planned to hire 2 to 4 apprentices a year and wanted more women to consider engineering apprenticeships. Meg's four-year tooling engineer apprenticeship included three NVQs and a level 4 qualification, and the company is paying for her degree-level course in manufacturing engineering. A graduate design engineer listing also appeared in search results but we could not read it. This evidence is dated (as at 2020); check the company's careers page.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Designing and making devices for healthcare use.', 'title': 'Medical devices'}
• {'desc': 'Making the moulds and tools used in manufacturing.', 'title': 'Tooling engineering'}
• {'desc': 'Four-year engineering apprenticeships with a company-funded degree option.', 'title': 'Apprenticeships'}

Key facts

• Factories in Woodstock and Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
• Dec 2020: plans to hire 2 to 4 apprentices a year
• Tooling engineer apprenticeship lasted four years and led to a funded degree-level course
• Apprentice of the Year and Trustees Award won by an Owen Mumford apprentice (Engineering Trust Awards, 2020)

Website: www.owenmumford.com