Coleshill based pressworker H T Brigham & Company Limited has just secured a brand new component order worth in excess of £1.5 million in its first year of production. The order, which has been secured from a longstanding automotive client, means that the company is now looking to recruit in order to accommodate the increase in workload.

With two new permanent positions having been filled and several temporary posts being considered, the firm plans to have increased its workforce by 12% before the spring. The order in question, is for a deep drawn pressing, which will be introduced onto a leading North American OEM’s automotive platform during 2012. The component design, which replaces an extremely costly and troublesome cast part, has been achieved following eight months of research and development work between H T Brigham and their customer’s design engineers.

The high volume order, which is set to reach quantities in excess of 400,000 per year, will be manufactured on the company’s newest acquisition. The Chin Fong Power Press, with 400 ton capacity, was purchased late last year and enables the pressworker to manufacture heavier components than they have previously been able to produce. The £250,000 investment was made to secure the firms future growth and looks to have paid off already with H T Brigham securing not one, but two lucrative, long-term contracts for brand new projects with existing customers.