A Black Country manufacturer that supplies critical components to iconic buildings, train stations, sport stadiums and power stations is celebrating a big birthday in style. Hague Fasteners, which produces non-standard fasteners and bespoke bolts, turned 50 years old last week and marked the big anniversary by investing more than £100,000 into a new three-axis CNC lathe to help it deliver more complex parts and increased capacity.

The new XYZ CT 65 LTY is already playing its part in the delivery of contracts for the oil and gas sector, with the company hoping the additional turnover will help it move towards its target of £2m sales by the end of the year.

Managing director Jon Hague says: “The new three-axis CNC lathe is a perfect way to celebrate five decades in business and puts a marker in the sand for the technology we’re trying to embed into our future capabilities.”

Hague Fasteners has been manufacturing in the Black Country for the past five decades, its most recent move being to an 8500 sq ft factory in Willenhall in 2017. From here, the company produces specialist fasteners, headed bolts, studs, nuts and milled components in high-integrity materials and critical nickel alloys. Hague Fasteners can produce parts ranging in size from 2 to 250 mm in diameter.

Company owner Claire Hague says: “We also wanted to do something in our 50th year that left a lasting positive legacy, so we made the commitment to become carbon neutral by 2024.

This has seen us create the ‘Hague Forest’, where we will endeavour to plant and grow 200 trees every year in Haiti, Kenya and Madagascar to offset the 75 tonnes of CO2 we create manufacturing specialist fasteners for use across the globe.”

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www.haguefasteners.co.uk