ANB SENSORS LIMITED

Their core work

ANB Sensors is a UK-based technology SME specialising in electrochemical pH sensing hardware. Their core product, pHenom, is a self-calibrating, low-maintenance pH sensor designed for continuous field deployment — solving the persistent problem of drift and manual recalibration that plagues conventional pH probes. The company's value proposition is operational: they reduce the cost and effort of pH monitoring in real-world environments by eliminating the need for routine calibration interventions. Their work sits at the intersection of sensor hardware engineering, electrochemistry, and embedded systems for environmental or industrial monitoring applications.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ANB Sensors has no meaningful shift in technical focus across their two H2020 projects — both are stages of a single product development trajectory (pHenom Phase 1 → Phase 2). The 2017 feasibility study established proof-of-concept and market viability, while the 2018–2020 project scaled the technology toward commercial readiness with a substantially larger budget (€786,947). This is not a pivot story but a focused execution: they identified one high-value problem (pH calibration burden) and pursued it through a structured funding pathway without distraction.

ANB Sensors completed their EU-funded commercialisation cycle by 2020, suggesting they are now either operating as a product company selling pHenom commercially or seeking follow-on partnerships to expand into new monitoring verticals such as water treatment, precision agriculture, or food processing.

How they like to work

ANB Sensors has operated exclusively as a solo coordinator, using the SME Instrument funding scheme which is specifically designed for single-company applications — so the absence of consortium partners is structural, not a preference. This means there is no track record of multi-partner consortium work to assess. For future collaborators, they are best approached as a specialist technology supplier or component provider rather than a consortium coordinator, unless they have since built partnership experience outside H2020.

ANB Sensors has zero recorded H2020 consortium partners, which is entirely expected given their use of the solo-applicant SME Instrument scheme. Their collaborative network, if any, exists outside the EU project database and cannot be assessed from this data.

What sets them apart

ANB Sensors occupies a narrow but commercially valuable niche: they have built and EU-validated a self-calibrating pH sensor that addresses a real operational pain point in continuous monitoring applications. Unlike academic sensor research groups, they are a product company with a defined market offer and a Phase 2 SME Instrument grant as third-party validation of commercial viability. For any consortium or business needing reliable, low-maintenance pH measurement integrated into a larger monitoring system, ANB Sensors brings hardware IP rather than just research expertise.

Highlights from their portfolio

• pHenom (Phase 2)
  The largest grant (EUR 786,947 under SME-2) funded a full market-entry push for a self-calibrating pH sensor — rare in that it represents a complete product commercialisation cycle, not a research project.
• pHenom (Phase 1)
  The Phase 1 feasibility award (EUR 50,000) demonstrates that ANB Sensors passed EU-level independent evaluation of both technical and commercial viability before receiving the larger Phase 2 grant.