Henry Professional (HVR240) - A slightly larger version of the standard (9-litre) model for professional and retail applications.Numatic now only sources components manufactured in the United Kingdom, which it advertises as part of its marketing. Originally the components were manufactured by subcontractors and assembled by Numatic, but the company later began to manufacture most of its own components. Early Numatic and Henry models were all metal, this was later changed to plastic to reduce weight. Henrys were originally manufactured in Beaminster, Dorset, until Numatic moved production in 1990 to Chard, Somerset. Numatic International also manufacture spray mops, sold under the Henry and Hetty brands as "Henry Spray Mop" and "Hetty Spray Mop". In 2014, still the company's sole owner, Duncan was listed at #96 on Management Today's Britain's Top 100 Entrepreneurs, and was said to have a worth of £103 million, estimated to have increased to about £150m in 2021. Mid-2012 models came with the clips on the moulding to attach a 3D face whilst retaining the laminated face. The removable faceplate was introduced in late 2012. Henry's face was originally printed on the body, but in some markets a face is considered dangerous as it may encourage children to play with the device (although there have been no incidents), so it is now printed on a separate faceplate, installed in the factory for countries without restrictions, otherwise, to be attached by the buyer. In 2021 sales were increasing by a million units per year. Since the introduction of Henry in 1981, at least 10 million units had been sold worldwide by 2017. Duncan commented "We turned an inanimate object into an animate object". While Numatic are careful never to use the trade name, Henry was often informally called, alliteratively, the "Henry hoover". Bored office cleaners were talking to Henry in night shifts. Henry was also one of the first vacuums to use large-capacity microfibre dust bags known as HEPA-FLO bags, made of a material that retains dust and is stronger than the paper usually used, which can tear. In 1981 "Henry" became the first Numatic International model to have a name on its cap. Production, still focussed on the commercial market, was increased. At another trade show a children's hospital was interested in the cleaners to encourage the recovering children to help with the cleaning. The next day visitors noticed it and laughed Duncan then decided to ask his advertising people to design a proper face they nicknamed the result "Henry". One evening during a trade show in the mid-1970s, Duncan and a salesman, bored, dressed up one of their current commercial cleaners with ribbon, a Union Jack badge, and something like a hat, then chalked a crude smile under the hose connector. The two-inch oil drum thread is still used for the Henry models' nose. He started with an oil drum, found a washing-up bowl that fitted on top, and ordered 5,000. Chris Duncan launched Numatic in 1969, having seen a need for a rugged and reliable cleaner to clean the inside of boilers.
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