Mayflower Engineering

At Mayflower Engineering, we have shown how specialisation and diversification into new niche markets can be the perfect method of recovery from the recession. The business, which underwent a management buyout in 2008, was immediately faced with the full impact of the banking crisis resulting in a near complete withdrawal of capital funding from th... e marketplace. This led to a loss of nearly 50% of business from regular customers, most notably Corus Steels. However the new management team of Kevan Bingham and Glyn Hobson devised a strategy to face the difficulties head-on, by diversifying into niche markets which could play to our strengths. This has led to gaining new business in sectors as varied as sub-sea, off-shore, wave to energy, nuclear, rail, river and canal gates and bridges, military vehicles and waste recycling. Despite some rationalisation during the most difficult period, we were able to retain our core skill base whilst also investing in additional sales staff, an innovative marketing strategy and the gaining of the highly coveted BS EN ISO 3834 Welding Quality Standard - something held by less than thirty companies in the UK. Having this foresight and commitment to the future of the business has led to a number of recent success stories, none more so than the design and build of 'next generation' autoclaves for Sterecycle Ltd. The first of an intended three new waste processing autoclaves has been successfully shop assembled and tested at our plant assembly workshops in Rotherham. The £1.4m contract with Sterecycle for the design, manufacture and installation of the new up-rated municipal waste processing autoclaves was secured in 2010 against stiff competition and will replace the two existing vessels at the Sterecycle Waste Recycling Plant in Rotherham early in 2012, providing a substantial increase in processing capacity. Our Operations Director, Glyn Hobson, said "We are very pleased in how the design and development of the new rotating, pivoting, heated, pressure vessel has been undertaken ...Read More