Pictured: Martyn Hale
Government education changes have brought a satchel-full of
orders for a Midlands SME.
HME Technology, based at Saxon Park in Bromsgrove, is in
particular benefiting from the expansion of the academy
programme.
The company is the leading supplier and installer of design and
technology and science equipment for schools.
With academies enjoying greater autonomy and decision-making
powers HSE Technology's ability to be flexible in shaping each
project to individual school requirements is paying off, a major
factor in its success.
Its range of products include forges, brazing hearths, furnaces,
welding tables, fume extraction systems, kilns, woodworking
equipment, wood dust extraction systems, metal finishing and CNC
machines. It also supplies fume cupboards and ventilation systems
for science departments.
It manufactures some itself and buys in others from leading
brands.
Recent order wins have included:
• A £288,000 flagship contract to supply and install
design and technology equipment for Landau Forte Academy,
Tamworth.
• Working with Sangwin Educational Furniture and
construction group Willmott Dixon on the Hope Academy scheme in
Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.
• A £40,000 contract to support a new Leicestershire
education centre - Melton Vale Post 16 Centre at Melton
Mowbray.
HME Technology director Martyn Hale said: "It remains a
difficult economic climate in the UK yet our hard work is producing
results.
"The changing face of schools today is developing innovative,
high quality and well equipped learning environments across the
country. These are showpiece orders for us - our flexibility and
ability to provide practical and fit-for-purpose solutions has been
the key.
"Landau Forte Academy was established to bring together the
worlds of business, industry and education in a uniquely productive
partnership. Given our interest in all three sectors and our own
manufacturing expertise it was a particularly apposite win.
"Quality matters and it is also vitally important that you are
prepared to go the extra mile to satisfy every aspect of the
customer's requirements. It is this strategic vision and attention
to detail which has given us an edge."
Mr Hale said a number of further contracts were in the
pipeline.
He added: "We are in the frame for a number of big projects and
that is very encouraging."