42: Matt Lacey from H V Wooding on precision components, tight tolerances and single load shipping

Cliff Notes Podcast: Lead manufacturing

Matt Lacey is Sales & Marketing Manager at H V Wooding a precision component, motor lamination and busbar manufacturer. With over 20 years in companies across the industry Matt talks about busbars, wire erosion, laser cutting, electric vehicles and british manufacturing. Show Notes : https://cliffnotespodcast.com/podcasts/42/ For H V Wooding: https://www.hvwooding.co.uk/ebrochure/ Learn with the Cliff Notes on precision components * H V Wooding for busbars, motor laminations, bespoke precision components, as a subcon manufacturer we don't have our own products. * We love to see new prototype projects come in, we have seen a lot from electric manufacturers at the moment As the electric vehicle industry is still young we are able to offer advice and guidance * Reshoring has been very big for us. With Covid19 and Brexit a window of opportunity opened up with clients worried about supply chain * Reshoring cost driven at first, then not needing to order in quantity, goods in transit risks, carbon footprint and also it is much easier to talk to a local in same country on the phone * The feedback we have seen has been amazing and the cost that were perceived to be there were not really there * We have not experienced teething problems with new brexit export rule, we mainly export on single loads without problem, mixed loads with other companies have had more paperwork problems. * We use a lot of copper that is imported but not on other lines * Most of our work is single load and also a safety-net * People are realising the impact of Reshoring and how positive it can be to them