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HMG Paints gain Made in Britain accreditation
HMG Paints , the UK ’ s Largest Independent Paint Manufacturer , have attained Made in Britain accreditation . Made in Britain brings together the British manufacturing community , the company will now carry the Made in Britain collective mark across its packaging and products along with its marketing materials and digital channels . The Manchester based paint manufacturer has a vast portfolio of products and covers markets including Industrial , Commercial Vehicle , Decorative , Defence and more .
The Made in Britain collective mark unites the British manufacturing sector and helps consumers , buyers and specifiers identify products that are made in Britain . As a proud family business and British Manufacturer , HMG one of the last few remaining British paint manufacturers , will be looking to work alongside other Made in Britain members .
“ We ’ re proud to be a paint manufacturer in Britain , with more and more paint manufacturers offshoring production and decision making we feel HMG can provide a unique offering to UK Manufacturers ” commented John Falder , Managing Director of HMG Paints . “ We have an extensive history of working closely with our customers to develop long term sustainable partnerships . HMG offer a huge variety of products , all of which are manufactured in Britain , but we are also specialists in developing innovative bespoke paint and coatings solutions for customers .”
Innovation runs deep at HMG Paints ; the company was the first in the UK to utilise Graphene within its coatings . With a broad spectrum of knowledge and expertise HMG boast a portfolio including wet paint , powder coatings and aerosols , covering virtually every type of surface imaginable . The company is also extremely agile , a key example of this was the ability of the company to transform a clean-room department into a Hand Sanitiser production line within 48 hours . The First Thing Sanitiser , which saw the company crowned UK Business Heroes by the Chamber of Commerce , was supplied to critical industries such as pharmaceutical packaging , health , transport , utilities and defence with the company also providing donations to Greater Manchester Police along with local care homes and other frontline workers .
Its product innovation also continues with colour , with HMG producing its own systems of colourants and colour matching software . HMG ’ s ColourBase software boasts a library of over 200,000 different colour formulations , including RAL , BS , Pantone , NCS , OEM ,
commercial fleet , agricultural machinery and house colours . This colour choice , combined with colour matching services gives manufacturers a virtually unlimited colour choice for the products they manufacture .
To see a full list of HMG Paints products and services visit www . hmgpaint . com via the website you can also find out more about the company ’ s history and partners .
You can see a full profile of HMG Paints on the Made in Britain website by visiting : https :// www . madeinbritain . org / members / hmg-paints
60 JANUARY 2021 read online : www . surfaceworld . com