Hirst制造用于测量磁场、表征磁体和加工磁体的设备。从简单的手持式高斯计到用于体积磁化的大型工业生产线机器，Hirst随时为您提供帮助。

Hirst公司最初是由Sidney Hirst先生于1938年创立的家族企业。从早年开始，Hirst最初涉及弧焊机，其次是螺柱焊接。到1949年，Hirst还参与了化学和金属精炼行业的高电流低压电源。

1960年，Hirst成立了一个专门涉及磁性的部门。到20世纪70年代，Hirst的许多机器和仪器已成为行业标准。

20世纪70年代，商业上引入了稀土磁体，如钐钴，并在20世纪80年代初引入了钕铁硼永磁体。这些材料需要更高的磁化场，并且在车间制造过程发生革命时才会引入这些材料。为此，Hirst磁性仪器开始了新产品开发的主要计划，不仅要处理材料，还要允许在车间进行电子通信和控制。

Hirst于1996年5月迁至现址，奥运会运动员和当地议员Sebastian Coe正式开设工厂。

Hirst磁性仪器有限公司一直保持在磁性行业发展的最前沿。Hirst是英国磁学协会的积极成员，并在地区，国家和欧洲层面赢得了众多赞助奖项，以维持其行业领先的开发工作。特别是，Hirst是脉冲磁场测量（PFM）300万ECU研究项目的领先成员。这个为期5年的项目始于1998年，与其他欧洲磁铁制造商和学术机构一起为Hirst提供了无与伦比的PFM技术知识。

Hirst manufactures equipment for measuring magnetic fields, characterising magnets and processing magnets. From the simple handheld gaussmeter to large industrial production line machines for volume magnetisation, Hirst is here to help.

The Hirst Companies were originally founded as a family business by Mr Sidney Hirst in 1938. From it's early years the company was initially involved with arc welders followed by stud welding.   By 1949, the Company was also involved with high current low voltage power supplies for the chemical and metal refining industries.

In 1960, the Company set up a division specifically involved with magnetics.  By the 1970s many of the company's machines and instruments had become industry standards.

The 1970s saw the commercial introduction of rare earth magnets such as Samarium Cobalt and in early 1980s the introduction of Neodymium Iron Boron Permanent Magnets.  These materials require much higher fields for magnetising and their introduction occurred at a time when a revolution in shop floor manufacturing processes was taking place.
In response to this Hirst Magnetic Instruments commenced a major programme of development into new products not only to cope with the materials but also to permit electronic communication and control on the shop floor.

The company moved to its present location in May 1996, where the factory was formally opened by the Olympic Athlete and local MP Sebastian Coe.

Hirst Magnetic Instruments Ltd. has maintained itself at the forefront of developments within the magnetics industry.  They are active members of the U.K. Magnetics Society and have won numerous sponsorship awards at Regional, National and European levels to maintain their industry leading development work.  In particular, they were a leading member of a 3 million ECU research project into Pulse Field Magnetometry (PFM),  This 5 year project, started in 1998, with other European magnet manufactures and academic institutes has given Hirst an unrivalled knowledge of the PFM technique which they continue to develop for industrial applications.