UK - This year marks the tenth anniversary of Apt-GB’s inception in 2014 – a decade of “delivering exceptional sound quality and cabinet customisation at accessible prices”.
Guiding the operation has been founder Graham Gosden, whose extensive expertise spans over three decades in design and engineering for live touring and fixed installations.
Gosden’s entrepreneurial journey began with a keen eye for opportunity and a passion for delivering excellence. Apt-GB emerged from his pursuit of a market gap, a void where discerning customers sought high-quality, bespoke products tailored to their unique AV requirements. Gosden recognised that his customers craved not just any product, but ones crafted with precision and care. Moreover, there was a distinct preference for products made locally in the UK, where quality and craftsmanship are revered.
Armed with this knowledge, Gosden set out to build Apt-GB, a brand synonymous with superior quality and personalised service.
The Apt-GB portfolio continues to evolve, offering responsive solutions tailored to diverse customer requirements. Among its innovations is >Teleprompter.Video, the musician’s teleprompter, with seamless integration and covert design. Designed to resemble a stage monitor, its creation was simply to help promote and demonstrate their own stage monitor range at PLASA Leeds in 2014.
With its sleek and minimalist LCD screen design, the >Teleprompter.Video looks identical to a stage monitor in every way blending seamlessly on stage. Almost an unintentional and accidental creation born out of sheer luck but which the industry was craving for in so many ways.
“We’ve also been on an environmental journey here at Apt-GB with a commitment that began in 2018 with the installation of a small solar array on our workshop’s roof,” says the company. “Our latest CNC machine has been a cutting-edge addition to our workshop operating three times faster than our previous model, boosting productivity while significantly reducing our carbon footprint. We’ve also made significant investments, including transitioning to paper box tape, utilising recycled plastic packaging and foam corners and expanding our solar panel array and integrating storage batteries.”
There has also been an upgrade to a more efficient air compressor, reducing stain usage by approximately 50%, plus installation of an air source heat pump to heat office space. More manufacturing processes, such as metalwork and plastic cutting have been brought in-house.
