Clamason Industries, which provides a single-source design, development and value-added engineering solution, saw orders hit £30m in 2018 for the first time in its 70-year history and is now setting its sights on a three-year expansion plan.
Growth is expected to come from its global client base across automotive, medical, assisted living and industrial products, with the latter covering anything from telecoms and power distribution products to electric bikes.
Supporting these ambitious expansion plans is a £1.1m investment drive into new presses, technical cleaning capability and the launch of a new corporate identity, website and digital media campaign.
“We have had huge success in doing things differently and challenging clients to change their thinking around component design,” explained Neil Geoghegan, managing director of Clamason Industries.
“Our approach is to start working with customers earlier to see if our ability to design for manufacture and our capability to produce precision parts could solve production bottlenecks. For example, we have enjoyed major success in redesigning aluminium castings to be suitable for the pressing process, saving our clients time and money, with the added benefit of being more environmentally friendly.”
He continued: “Investment in the latest press technology and intelligent tooling means we’ve got dozens of other examples, including how we offered one firm a way of onshoring its component from China.
“Since 2015, we have added £12.5m of revenue and this is just the start. Our facilities in Kingswinford and Slovakia give us a global footprint that will help us attract more customers, which will contribute to our expansion plans.
“There is still the spectre of Brexit hanging over us and, whilst we would like to see a deal, we are looking at a range of measures that might help us cope with the short-term upheaval of a ‘no deal’.”
