Great feature in the press this week detailing the dynamics of working in a family business.
Featuring CEO Jon Hague, and sons Jack Hague & Tom Hague the write up gives an insight into what it’s like working for a family business in the West Midlands manufacturing Special Fasteners since 1971
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome the ITN news guys to our new facility this afternoon to show them around the site that is nearing completion.
In light of today’s triggering of Article 50 by British Prime Minister, Theresa May, Hague Fasteners were approached by Channel 5 News to feature on their Brexit Special News Report this evening.
Owner, Jon Hague, explained the ambitious project to purchase and renovate a brand new production facility in the Heart of England that was all decided on Post Brexit Referendum.
Jon Hague explained that the niche manufacturers in Britain would continue to grow despite the decision by the British People to leave the EU and that a major investment supported this belief.
Confidence and Capital investment is at the heart of sustained growth and the Channel 5 News report lead with the exciting growth of Hague Fasteners.
Watch The Channel 5 News Feature on Hague Fasteners Below
The prestigious West Midlands News Paper picked up on the exiting few months ahead for Hague Fasteners and we were surprised to get a call from their business editor to tell us we were going to Headline on their Business & Finance Section.
It is fantastic that good news is so actively promoted in a media full of bad news, and the response from local industry and Media experts has been tremendous.
You can see the Front Page here
27 Years Later
Hague Fasteners Mangaging Director, Jon Hague, is celebrating 27 years service with Hague Fasteners this month.
Following countless messages from Customers and Suppliers, Mr Hague states :-
“Thank you so much for the many messages of congratulations I have received on my 27 year anniversary of service to Hague Fasteners.
The support and assistance from my family has been invaluable, and I so proud and thrilled to see the continued growth and success of Hague Fasteners with the assistance and support of my wife and co-owner Claire Hague and my two eldest sons Jack Hague & Tom Hague, along with the rest of my loyal and long serving Hague Fasteners Team.
I am blessed to spend my working life with my direct family and assured that the strong morals and ethics that has set Hague Fasteners apart from others will continue in the safe hands of the 3rd Generation of Hagues.”
Jon goes on to say :-
“I was privileged to join this great business 27 years ago. Hague Fasteners was started by my late Father, John Hague, back in 1971 and I was lucky enough to have worked with him for 10 years prior to his retiring. The knowledge and experience I learnt from him was invaluable, but even more defining were the his strong ethics and commitment to each and every Customer, morals and service that was second to none.
It is this same dedication and commitment to giving the very best attention and service to every enquiry and order we receive that has seen Hague Fasteners grow Year on Year since our restructuring at the turn of the millennium.
We are humbled by the outstanding feedback from our clients and this sees the continued drive to further improve and stand out in our field.”
You can rest safe in the knowledge that The Hague Service and Expertise in now being passed to The Next Generation and the practices and dedication from our team ensures we give the very best service to each and every customer, every time.
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A massive milestone for Hague Fasteners as the CEO, Jon Hague celebrates 25 Years at the Company.
It’s 2-1/2 Decades since Jon joined the Company on 20th January 1990.
The Company was very different then, having enjoyed a successful growth through the 70’s & 80’s the Company found a global influx of cheap manufactured far eastern imports threatening the high integrity fastener marketplace.
The timing of Jon’s joining couldn’t have been better as the group distanced themselves from the type of characters that were beginning to give the industry a bad name, where loyalty and integrity throughout the industry were failing. It was time for change, Hague Fasteners were quick to distance themselves from the unscrupulous names that destroyed the fastener industry’s integrity as they moved around the industry with malpractice.
Hague Fasteners, with their strong family morals, began a new journey, bucking against the trend, to restore faith in the British Special Fastener Industry.
In 1992 Jon joined the Ralin Group Board Of Directors and Hague Fasteners’ transformation truly began.
Over the next 8 years the individual group Companies were merged into a single Company allowing a firm focus on Customer Service to develop. Hague Fasteners quickly identified, under Jon’s leadership, that the industry was flooded with ill practise, inferior materials and suspect quality.
Hague made a firm stance against Far Eastern imported materials and adopted a policy of manufacturing only from high integrity EU/US origin material. Hague Fasteners walked away from contracts they’d serviced for years as they refused to play in a market where price alone was valued over quality, service and integrity.
The sectors serviced for decades by Hague Fasteners soon started to adopt The new Hague ethos. Subsea specifications started to enforce “non far eastern materials” policies. Critical structures around the world had been held together by inferior hardware for too long. Risks were too great and the World once again looked to Hague Fasteners as the solution to their concerns and bolting problems.
In 2002, Jon’s wife Claire joined the Company with a focus on Continuous Improvement and Customer Service. A carefully planned relocation in 2008 revolutionised the Company and massive investment in plant, equipment and people has seen Hague achieve record year on year growth in the years since.
It is this strong family driven ethos & morals that sets Hague Fasteners apart in the Special Fastener industry. Fantastic Customer testimonials and feedback continue to be a constant source of inspiration and motivation for the Husband & Wife team that continue to guide the Company and drive improvements and growth. The loyal and long serving staff throughout the Company have been brought up on a diet of completely different ethics to much of the Fastener Industry and it is for this reason Hague Fasteners are enjoying their most successful years to date.
Jon Hague, Congratulations on your milestone, looking forward to the next 25 years.