Overseas expansion: West Country group establishes low-cost overseas operation - in Mauritius

摘要

When an engineering group based in the West Country decided to create a low-cost offering for its aerospace customers, it did not follow the conventional route of adding a sourcing operation to its manufacturing activities. The group, which includes Hymec Precision Engineering, Hymec Aerospace Fasteners and Harbourne Design, decided to form its own low-cost manufacturing company; but rather than follow the path of setting up a subsidiary in India or China, it based the new company in Mauritius, working in partnership with the Leatherhead-based machine tool supplier Matchmaker M/C Ltd (Tel: 01372 384180) and the aerospace alloy supplier Metalweb.