K & A Furness Limited was founded by husband and wife team Ken & Alma Furness in 1954. Ken Furness was a time served skilled sheet metal worker, supported by his wife Alma who was a shorthand typist and office clerk. Now at 84 & 82 years, respectively, Ken & Alma are retired & living in the Isle of Man. The company remains a family run business.

It was Ken Furness supported by his wife Alma in 1954, whilst establishing a Sheet Metal manufacturing business in the Oldham area, had an idea. Suction powered by air. Over the next few years, a very powerful air operated vacuum unit capable of a wide range of applications was developed, the mud vac sytem was then named the Jet-Vac® which was then patented and the trade mark registered.

There are a range of 9 Jet-Vac® models - V.1 - to - V.9. V stands for Venturi. The quantity of Venturis equate to power and speed.

The Jet-Vac® was a huge success, selling to industries, local, national and eventually worldwide.

• Water
• Oil Spillages
• Collection, Separation & Reclaimation of Mud Oil
• Shot-Blast Recovery
• Aircraft Fuel Tank Purging
• Nuclear Waste Collection
• Tank / Sump Cleaning
• Collection and Containment of Acids / Chemicals
• Removal of Water, Oil and Waste from Ship Bilges
• Powder Spillage Recovery
• Swarf Collection
• Any Media Wet or Dry

• Ministry of Defence Naval
• Ministry of Defence Nuclear
• Ministry of Defence REME
• Govan Shipbuilders
• Camel Laird
• BP
• Shell UK
• Total
• Chevron
• Nemesis
• Hodge Clemco
• Wheelabrators Group
• British Airways
• Airbus UK
• Monarch Airlines
• BAE Systems

• UK Atomic Energy
• ICI / Akzo Nobel
• Huntsman Petrochemicals
• TRW Automotive
• Courtaulds
• Calor Gas
• JCB
• Wimpey
• Ford Motor Company
• Rolls Royce Automotive
• Procter & Gamble
• Brook Bond Oxo
• Kellogs
• Cummins Engines
• Dowty Group