NOTTINGHAM, England, September 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
From September 2015 name badge manufacturer Badgemaster will debut a brand new two-shift production system, giving them the capabilities to almost double capacity and deliver some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry, not only in the UK but across Europe.
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As of Tuesday 1st September, production at the company's site in Newstead, Nottingham will operate a two shift productive operation, running from 6am-2pm and 2-10pm five days a week. The changes will make a significant reduction in turnaround times, meaning customers can now benefit from the speediest ever service. It is now possible for urgent orders being placed as late as 4pm being able to be processed and go into production the same day.
The ramp up in production is a result of a significant period of growth for the company with orders at all-time high, securing on average 200 new accounts per month since the beginning of 2015. Major new rollouts taking place in recent months include high street names such as Argos, Avis, Coral, Carphone Warehouse, Next, Disney and WH Smith. The Hospitality sector including Premier Inn and Best Western and transport and travel companies including ScotRail, Virgin/East Coast Trains, Virgin Atlantic and TUI which in new business alone spans an estimated additional quarter of a million wearers. Under the new regime, the UK based manufacturing site will be capable of processing on average 2000 individual orders per day.
Badgemaster's Managing Director, John Bancroft MBE who founded the business with his wife Vicky in 1992, is thrilled with the company's achievements not only in terms of the business and its customers but also for the wider industry. He said: "The badge making business is driven by three things: quality, price and turnaround times and in order to succeed, you need to be delivering on all three in equal measure. These most recent developments allow Badgemaster to step it up a notch, allowing us to raise our game to previously impossible standards. Our customers of course benefit greatly from our investment. So too does the wider community via employment, investment in the local economy, and advances in our technological capabilities."
"A two shift production is just one of many ways our business has become stronger, and I am thrilled the business can grow organically through customer demand. We are now the largest name badge making company in the UK, almost certainly in Europe and making our mark on the global landscape. I thank our loyal and skilled staff and of course, our ever increasing customer base for such an amazing achievement."
Badgemaster has taken on a dozen new members of staff, with more to come in the foreseeable future. These latest additions take the company's roll call up to over one hundred, boosting the local landscape in what was once known in north Nottinghamshire and surrounding area as an 'employment blackspot.'
Significant investments in additional state of the art technology has not only boosted the factory's technical capabilities in production but also aided the skillset of the company's ever growing workforce.
"We are a British based manufacturer, whose business is currently booming and that is something I am incredibly proud of" adds John. "At a time when the wider industry is awakening to the social and ethical issues, risks and wider issues of manufacturing overseas at Badgemaster we are very proud of our Made in the UK status. Keeping business, jobs and skilled workers within the UK and within our industry will only do good things for our wider economical future."
For more information contact the Badgemaster Customer Services Team on +44(0)1623-723-112, email customerservices@badgemaster.co.uk or visit our website at http://www.badgemaster.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Badgemaster
Badgemaster is already the UK's largest name badge manufacturer
Key milestones in the company's history since its humble beginnings in the back of a porta-cabin in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire in 1992 include in 2006 being granted the Royal Warrant by Her Majesty the Queen for supply of name badges to the staff of the royal households; gaining the British Standards Institute ISO 9001 accreditation for quality management in 2010; the ISO 14001, the highest level of environmental accreditation possible in 2013.
Most recently in early 2015, Badgemaster's acquisition of Akorn Badge Company Ltd, one of the longest established name badge manufactures in the world which had been established for more than 30 years, resulting in Badgemaster holding over 27,000 accounts across a wide span of industries spanning single wearers to businesses with hundreds of thousands of wearers.
The company employs 105 staff on site in North Nottinghamshire, fulfilling on average over 8,000 to 10,000 orders per week.
For further information please contact:
Badgemaster Customer Services - +44(0)1623-723-112.
