Based in Yorkshire, this multi-national business were experiencing demand beyond their production capacity.
Work with the production team to adapt their manufacturing process to increase capacity – rather than have to develop a new facility costing hundreds of thousands of pounds.
On our advice the client changed the build material of key parts of the production line (from graphite to carbon-fibre-composite ie CFC) the manufacturing capacity of the line was increased by 30%. This was due to the fact that CFC is significantly lighter than graphite but has the same critical heat-resistant characteristics.
Initially the resultant CFC order was split between us and a competitor – but consequently we won the full order after unfortunate product failure by the other party.