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Sugden
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In preparation for a record year ahead, Sugden is driving operational efficiency
Founded in 1973, Sugden Ltd has evolved significantly to become one of the world’ s leading designers and manufacturers of hotplate plants for producing a range of products like pancakes, English muffins, crumpets, potato cakes, farls, and Welsh cakes. The company added stroopwafels, Belgian waffles, funcakes, and soft waffles to its portfolio in 2021 through production lines under the VanderPol Waffle Systems( VanderPol) brand.
With more than 50 years of experience and an international reputation for customconfigured, high-quality prover and griddle solutions, it’ s no surprise that Sugden has grown tremendously in recent years despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Manufacturing Today spoke with Chris Baldwin, Managing Director, in early 2024, so we’ re keen to catch up with Chris to learn how the business has evolved over the last 12-to-18-months.
“ It feels as though we’ ve finally turned a corner from the difficulties caused by the pandemic, and in terms of sales and component supply, we’ ve grown in Europe and especially in North America over the last couple of years,” Chris opens.“ In the last 12 months specifically, we’ ve seen a strong increase in orders, and with several investments in streamlining our processes and enhancing efficiency, including a new assembly area within our workshop, we’ ve been able to execute these orders seamlessly.
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