Case Study 4:
Hanson Concrete Products
(Relates to Machinery Modifications)

Sales were being lost. The team at Hanson Concrete Products had identified a market for stronger concrete blocks, but they couldn’t cost-effectively make the stronger blocks their customers demanded…

The Operations Manager at the Southampton production facility was tasked with turning this around. He couldn’t find anyone capable of modifying the company's existing, expensive, plant to fulfil this need. Not until a colleague gave him our number.

Following a site visit we proposed modifications to an existing Mitsubishi AnS plc and an upgrade to their E700 HMI (concrete making machines to the uninitiated). Our proposal lead to work that facilitated increased flexibility in how the plant could be used and, more importantly, improvements over the concrete mix control.

As a result Hanson can now meet the demand for stronger blocks. This has increased profitability by a reduction in man-hours and by opening a whole new market.

We’re delighted to say that we have been asked to continue working with Hanson to further develop their plant capability.