HPP opens warehouse to support £2.5m manufacturing plant investment

From left: Martin Hill, Karl Parker (Pioneer), Stephen Hill

Oldham-based Hill’s Panel Products (HPP) has built a 19,000 sq ft warehouse to support a £2.5m expansion in its manufacturing facilities.

The furniture industry doors, boards and fittings supplier says the new building is the biggest free-standing warehouse at its head site in Oldham.

The triple-fronted warehouse will store worktops and panel products, freeing-up another warehouse for conversion into a new manufacturing production line later this year.

HPP’s investment and expansion comes amid significant commercial growth.

Sales have grown 16% in the past year, on top of 15% previously.

Door sales have risen by 30% and 11 new staff have been trained for manufacturing roles.

The company has 200 staff, a second distribution centre in Sheffield and supplies more than 2,000 customers across the UK, including trade kitchen and bedroom installers, showrooms, property developers, architects and interior specifiers.

HPP manufactures its own-brand products including Avanti doors, Glide sliding doors, and Aspect and Aspire kitchens and bedrooms.

It also supplies products by other UK and European brands and currently offers 6,000 products.

HPP is headed by brothers Martin and Stephen Hill, and managing director Keith Wardrope.

Martin Hill is overseeing the warehouse and manufacturing expansion and said: “This £2.5m project represents our biggest investment to date.

“Work began on the new warehouse in November 2017 and has recently been completed on schedule.

“The warehouse allows us to expand our worktops range and create extra space to increase our production capacity.

“We’re already making preparations to adapt an old warehouse for manufacturing. New manufacturing equipment will then be installed in the autumn.”

HPP worked the new warehouse with Oldham architects Nicol Thomas and Pioneer Design & Build in Crewe.

Mr Hill added: “We’ve been working with Pioneer Design & Build for 15 years and this will be the fifth warehouse they have built for us.”

The new warehouse is on land purchased from a neighbouring construction supplies business, George Hill Timber.

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