For the past 25 years F1 Manufacturing have been producing and delivering high quality components and parts, from creating the initial design to the finished product.

The days of mass manufacturing may be lost to overseas production, involving cheap labour and subsidised factories, but increasing numbers of companies are returning elements of production back to a skilled and competitive UK workforce.

If all elements of your production process are as predictable then you can wait for months for volume orders to be produced and then shipped from the other side of the world. But if elements of your manufacturing assembly process need to be flexible, then using a UK based manufacturing company is strongly advised. Keeping a supplier on standby to fulfil orders OR using a UK manufacturer for regular elements of the order can prove a useful and cost effective way to keep the production process rolling.

The wait is over, the materials have arrived after several months from a distant shore - but wait - the component you ordered is 0.5mm too small. Or is made of inferior quality material. Or is made from an alloy that isn't up to the job. At F1 Manufacturing we have heard a hundred stories about overseas manufacturing letting down clients - and they turned to us as an alternative. Any test materials can be rapidly delivered to your premises for inspection and then put into production straight away after approval.

Overseas factories may pay extremely low wages, force staff to endure unsafe work conditions and have their production process artificially subsidised by their government. However, even with all of that, by the time the delay to your production and the cost of transportation is factored in, then it often does not work out much cheaper unless massive volumes are ordered.