New podcast takes listeners on a subsea journey
Posted on 24 April 2025
{Image: Paul Davison, Deputy CEO of SMD and Samantha Vassallo, Managing Director of Horizon Works.}
Game changing advances in subsea engineering are explored in a new podcast from North East-based international B2B marketing company Horizon Works.
The sixth episode of the company’s Invented Podcast, entitled World Firsts and Worldwide Impact, sees Horizon Works Managing Director, Samantha Vassallo, interview Paul Davison, Deputy CEO of subsea engineering specialist SMD.
You can check out the podcast here: https://horizonworks.co.uk/006-world-firsts-and-worldwide-impact-with-paul-davison-of-smd/.
It also available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Recorded at the Energi Coast Regional Supply Chain Showcase at Newcastle’s historic Boiler Shop venue – once home to George Stephenson’s locomotive works – the podcast covers SMD’s groundbreaking work, from helping to protect the world’s telecommunications cables through developing subsea ploughs, to creating a cloud-based solution for operating subsea machinery.
NOF member Horizon Works offers integrated marketing services including strategy, PR, design, digital, website development and SEO, and supports regional, national and global organisations.
Samantha Vassallo commented: “We launched Invented last year to shine the spotlight on guests from pioneering, visionary companies who have created new, world changing products and services.
“Throughout the series, we have been exploring how businesses have invented ground breaking solutions, and what impact they are having on society, the environment and industry.”
Businesses working across offshore renewables, software, healthcare, biotechnology and the space sector have all appeared on the podcast.
Previous guests have included Dr Andrew Jenkins, CEO and founder of Kinewell Energy, Ian Armstrong, Managing Director of Pulcea, Professor Mark Birch-Machin, CSO and founder of Skin Life Analytics, Ralph ‘Dinz’ Dinsley, founder of 3S Northumbria and Jurek Kozyra, founder of Nanovery.
Based in Blyth, Horizon Works was founded in 2010, is an affiliate partner of Engineering and Manufacturing Network, a Fit for Defence partner of Make UK Defence, and is a member of Make UK, the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) and the Entrepreneurs’ Forum.
Working across industries such as engineering, manufacturing, renewables, defence and automotive, Horizon Works supports organisations including: Atlas Copco Rental UK, part of Atlas Copco Group; Koch Technology Solutions, part of the global Koch Engineered Solutions organisation; hydraulic engineering specialist Industrial and Marine Hydraulics (IMH); industrial decals manufacturer Gate 7; cranes and lifting, training, and industrial and safety supplies specialist RS Industrial Services; Huddersfield-headquartered power transmission specialist Lancereal; and de-icing, anti-icing and heat transfer fluid manufacturer Kilfrost.
