Hague move will mean expansion and jobs

Hague Fasteners, currently employing 16 in a unit on Watery Lane Industrial Estate is moving its business operations to a new custom refitted manufacturing facility. The total investment will approach seven figures.

Jon and Claire Hague, the husband-and-wife team that run the 46-year-old business that originally started in Bradley, have, sealed a deal on the purchase of a new manufacturing site at the end of January. It is just two miles from the existing factory.

A significant redevelopment of the new facility is underway that will see Hague Fasteners relocate in the second quarter of 2017.

The new site is almost three times the size of the existing operation at Watery Lane and enables major investment in new plant. The expansion will also create a number of new jobs in the local area which has seen a number of other fastener manufacturers close down since the turn of the year.

Mr Hague, the managing director, said five to six would be recruited immediately and a similar number of the following 12 months.

Hague Fasteners have been at its current location for a decade that has seen continued year-on-year growth.

"We had reached capacity and were keeping an eye out for a suitable shell to move to," said Mr Hague.

The move to the new factory enables a doubling of production capacity that will see faster production times and a continued commitment to reliability.

"We are proud to see our success continue with the purchase of our new site. The complete re-design and renovation works of our new headquarters is now underway enabling us to move forward with the next exciting phase in our growth as a dominant force in high integrity special fastener manufacturing," said Mr Hague, who has two sons in the business.

Hague Fasteners also intends to continue its investment in bringing apprentices through from local schools to encourage students to move into the industry.

Mrs Hague said; "When Hague stepped away from trying to compete with inferior imports 12 years ago, we had to reinvent the business and prove the model. We know from customer feedback that what we do is very special in a saturated market.

"Our customers know that reliability and integrity are what's important and it is these morals that have driven us to personally invest in a much improved infrastructure. This ensures The Hague name continues to be the first name where service and quality is valued above cheap imports sold under the guise of quality assurance. When quality truly matters we've proven that British manufacturing wins every time, the future is indeed bright at the dawn of many more exciting years ahead."

Hague supplies components for prestigious oil and gas, transport and infrastructure projects. It has won orders in Asia, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East in recent years. International sales now account for about 50 per cent of its business

Hague Fasteners was formed by the late John Hague, Mr Hague's father of the managing director, to manufacture high quality fasteners, concentrating on non standard sizes and exotic materials.