Case Studies | Page 6

Village Glass is a national company offering standard and specialised glass products for residential and commercial applications. It began as a local glass shop in the mid-1980s with two full-time employees making sealed units by hand, but developed extensively over the past 30 years.

Suttons Seeds is an internationally renowned supplier of flower and vegetable seeds, young plants, bulbs, fruit bushes and other horticultural products to amateur gardeners. The company has a reputation for quality and service that is second to none, and a remarkable history that goes back over two hundred years.

Ricor Limited is a well established manufacturer of metal pressings & welded assemblies with over 40 years experience within the industry. The company supplies components to a wide range of sectors including automotive, power generation, retail and developing green industry technologies.

Dowle VES is an important manufacturer of car interiors and upholstery solutions based in Dover, Kent. The company employs around 100 staff members at the site, working in multiple shifts.

Robinson Healthcare is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of healthcare products, providing medical professionals, pharmacists, retailers and consumers with products they can rely on every step of the way.

Laleham Healthcare Ltd is a leading product development and contract services provider to the health & beauty industry, and is part of DCC Health & Beauty Solutions.

Rockford Components is the UK’s largest independent provider of wiring, interconnect and system solutions for the defence, aerospace, marine and nuclear industries.

LF Logistics is an integrated distribution and logistics services provider covering a full menu of services along the value-chain. The company was a part of the Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited (IDS Group), acquired back in 2010 by the Li & Fung Group.

CVI Laser Optics is a leading global optics provider that specializes in components for lasers and laser-based systems.  

Glenair have 3 sites within a mile of each other in Mansfield near Nottingham where they supply the European Aerospace industry with a wide range of interconnection components and systems.

York Barbell is one of the worlds leading brands of fitness equipment, designing and manufacturing products in Canada, the UK, USA and the Far East. Their equipment is distributed to 40 countries around the world. In January 2000 Operations Manager, Nelson Oliver, was in search of a computerised Time & Attendance system which included a good Absence Planning system and Access Control facility for the factory itself and the area where personnel records were kept.

C B L Ceramics is a manufacturer of specialist ceramics products based in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The company focuses on the manufacture of beryllium oxide ceramics and hot pressed composite ceramics with complete in-house facilities for pressing, firing, metallizing and precision machining of simple to complex parts.