Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd came into existence out of a systemic process where the founder, Ewald (Jonathan) Meyer, moved through his career to the point where he had gained enough expertise in different industries and skilled himself in various process modelling, control and optimisation tools that he could then begin to apply them to a number of other industries instead of remaining within a single one.
The name Anvil Sparks comes from a family heritage. The Meyers date back a few hundred years, coming from a small village in Ohlum, Germany with a trade as blacksmiths. Jonathan’s grandfather, also Ewald Meyer, branched out into horticulture and subsequently developed and patented a rose called Anvil Sparks. The name of the rose stems from the family heritage of blacksmiths coming from the sparks that fly from the hot metal being hammered on an anvil.
Ohum is a small village in Germany and the Meyer blacksmith foundry is a national heritage.
Jonathan’s father, also Ewald Meyer, worked as a metallurgist, thereby similarly tending towards the blacksmith tradition yet producing metals. Jonathan was more interested in computers and completed a PhD in Electronic Engineering applying the principles of advanced process modelling and control to coal beneficiation. Thereafter, Jonathan worked in the pharmaceutical industry applying modelling and control in formulation and process design and development.
After working in these two industries, Jonathan started Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd to allow his expertise to expand to other industries and now more recently sustainability and economics.