EDITOR’S CHOICE
RESHORING PROCESS
ALBERT JAGGER
ALBERT JAGGER RECIEVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO
BEGIN RESHORING PROCESS BACK TO THE UK
One of Britain’s largest manufacturers
and suppliers to the commercial vehicle
bodybuilder, boat builder, agricultural and
engineering industries, has received the
green light to reshore up to one-million
overseas products per year back to the UK.
Procuring investment from its parent
company Albert Jagger Holdings, Albert
Jagger Engineering has used the funding to
begin the extensive process of reshoring its
Antiluce product range from China.
Citing a change in the Group’s business
strategy, the production of Antiluce
Fasteners will return back to Albert Jagger
Engineering’s manufacturing facility in
Vincent Works, Bloxwich for the first time
since the early 2000’s.
The process of reshoring involves
transferring a business operation that was
moved overseas back to the country from
which it was originally relocated.
As such, Albert Jagger will able to produce
more efficiently with less scrap – saving
both time and cost to its manufacturing
operation. Further efficiencies have
also been introduced in the company’s
assembly process with additional
investment in the latest automated
assembly.
Taking approximately six months, the
first phase of the reshoring process has
commenced and is already benefiting the
UK marketplace with shorter lead times,
whilst also ensuring quality and price meet
the needs of Albert Jagger’s customer base.
Founded in 1953, Black Country based
Albert Jagger Engineering specialise in
manufacturing high quality parts with
a comprehensive range of materials
to produce Antiluce Fasteners, paddle
handles, body mounting brackets and
spring bolts.
In house capabilities such as CNC
machining enables the state-of-the-
art engineering company to offer
comprehensive services with a team of
highly skilled machinists, metal fabricators
and welders that are central to all projects.
Key to the company’s engineering services,
CNC machining has allowed Albert Jagger
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Engineering to keep up with the current
shift within the manufacturing industry
that now demands a diverse range of
machining needs.
The state-of-the-art machinery works with
a range of materials including mild steel,
stainless steel, aluminium and nylon and
provides consistent accuracy and in the
manufacturing process of components that
are produced to the highest of quality.
In order to continue providing their
high-quality offering, Albert Jagger have
invested in two CNC machines – the Citizen
Cincom L220 machine and the IMECA Boss
338 HD bar feeder – to further fine-tune
their engineering capabilities and enable
them to manufacture components to
precise specifications.
Maintaining a quality management
system compliant with ISO 9001:2015
requirements, the company’s revered
engineering history allows Albert Jagger
Engineering to provide versatility and
diversity from their site in Walsall, West
Midlands. Having teamed up with the
Manufacturing Technology Centre to
deploy 5S, lean and six sigma into Albert
Jagger Engineering, the company has
recently refurbished their entire UK
engineering facility using virtual reality
technology to remap the layout of their
shop floor.
Further investment into Albert Jagger
Engineering is expected in the near future
which will subsequently be devoted
to additional staff training, the latest
automation software, acquiring a CMM
machine and improving the company’s 3D
printing capabilities.
Mark Hilton, Operations Director at Albert
Jagger Limited commented: “We at Albert
Jagger Limited have made a conscious
choice to return our manufacturing process
back into the UK in order to improve control
over every stage of the production line.
“The review of our business strategy is
in response to the uncertain economic
climate governed by political turbulence,
with the objective of ensuring the future
of Albert Jagger Engineering is secure for
years to come.
“By bringing everything in house we
are now have the capability to regulate
batch quality control more efficiently by
dramatically decreasing lead times – which
would range anywhere between four to six
months in China.
“Such a significant lead time can provoke
issues ranging from the unreliability
of product quality or increased risk of
supply chain disruptions. Now this lead
time has been cut to between seven to
ten days, Albert Jagger Engineering has
the complete control over providing the
seamless service to its customer base for
which is strives whilst having the added
benefit of keeping all associated costs such
as warehousing and packaging in house at
a reduced rate.
“Returning the business’ manufacturing
process to British shores also means we
are able to produce bespoke parts for our
customers more efficiently and tailor to the
needs of the consumer.
“We have taken this approach to ultimately
take back control – and as a result we are
now able to take something from sheet
metal, manufacture our product and sell
to our customers without concerning
ourselves with the added complexities
from the supply chain. Equally, this gives
us the ability adapt what we offer to suit
our customer’s product rather than the
customer being forced to work within any
constraints.
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