Family-owned and operated, Hydrajaws Ltd, marked its 35th anniversary with the opening of its new headquarters, Morgan House, in Tamworth on 18th May 2023.
To inaugurate the state-of-the-art new facility, official proceedings were performed by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire Mr Ian Dudson, CBE KStJ. The Mayor of Tamworth, Cllr Moira Greatorex, was also in attendance in her final appearance as Mayor.
Guests included customers from various industries as well as local and national suppliers and a long list of associated firms and partners, together with, naturally, a two-tonne replica rhinoceros.
So why the two-tonne rhino? We wanted to demonstrate the equivalent weight that the Hydrajaws M2000 can pull test to which is 25kN or 2.5 tonnes (the same weight as a male rhino) which was unveiled during the presentations.
We shared with everyone our genesis, our progress, and some truly historic milestones in the construction fixings safety testing sector with presentations from Stephen Hynes MD, Royston Morgan Chairman, Adrian Morgan CEO, and our special invited guest speaker John Pearce of Made in Britain.
Hydrajaws’ Managing Director, Stephen Hynes, said: “We’re very proud to be celebrating 35 years in business, and we enjoyed welcoming visitors to our Open Day. Our products are made in Britain, and we believe that this enriches the brand quality. We’re proud to be part of the Made in Britain campaign and to be able to showcase our products to the world.”
Invited guests and partners were also treated to a guided factory tour and demonstrations of the extraordinary strengths and versatility of the Hydrajaws’ product ranges – these days able to withstand the equivalent weight of over 20 rhinos.
Hydrajaws Technical Staff also demonstrated the new subscription-free Verify PRO app that allows on-site pull tests to be automatically recorded and compiled into a digital report using a mobile phone or tablet device.
We’ve come a long way since having just three staff members when we first started in 1988 and operating from small premises in Tile Cross Birmingham. We also only sold 50 tester kits in the first year. Now we sell to over 70 countries worldwide, have 29 staff and the new headquarters is over 20,000 sq. ft. and has around three times the assembly capacity. The building also includes training facilities on-site and houses Hydrajaws’ manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, and service operations.
Adrian Morgan, CEO said: ‘We want to thank everyone who attended and made it such an enjoyable day for me, my family and all the Hydrajaws staff. We look forward to continuing to grow our strong business relationships and developing more opportunities for growth with our exciting product developments coming soon’.