'This represents a massive opportunity for us,' Midlands manufacturer says as it targets infrastructure and construction boom with £100 million growth blueprint
One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of sustainable steel reinforcement and building products has outlined a three-year growth plan to make the most of the infrastructure boom in the UK.
Total Group, which comprises Total Construction Supplies (Processing) and Reinforcement Solutions Ltd, is looking to quadruple revenues to £100m after putting itself in a prime position to support projects in the construction, housing, transport and nuclear sectors.
The Midlands-based business has invested heavily in creating more than 500,000 sq ft of internal and external world class manufacturing space across four sites, capable of producing cut and rebent rebars, standard reinforcement bars, meshes, column and piling cages and prefabricated structural elements.
Significant investment in its 130-strong workforce and the development of a new apprenticeship programme will give it access to the next generation of talent, while a wide-reaching sustainability initiative has seen it cut its carbon footprint to below 500kg annually for the first time in its 27-year history.
Joseph Law, strategic development director at Total Group, said: “There is an unprecedented amount of infrastructure work taking place and both the government and the private sector are looking for domestic suppliers they can trust - this represents a massive opportunity for us.
“Everything we have done in the past three years - from strengthening the senior management team to the opening of our £4 million site in Cannock - has been completed to give us the foundations to target these new infrastructure opportunities and we believe we could quadruple revenues between now and the end of 2028.
He continued: “We have a track record of delivering large, reinforced and prefabrication products for use in a nuclear submarine base, the Thames Tideway project, Bromford Tunnels on HS2 and at Hinkley Point. All delivered on time, within budget and sustainably, with health and safety a number one focus.
“This makes us a trusted option for future works that are currently ramping up and, when you combine this with our manufacturing capacity and commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we believe there is a £100m-plus strong pipeline of projects we could deliver.”
Total Group, which has sites in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Cannock and Ilkeston in the East Midlands, provide a full suite of sustainable reinforcement solutions designed to support large scale slabs, heavy loads and high traffic infrastructure typically found in warehouses, production plants and logistics hubs.
Production capabilities provide the opportunity for high-volume and bespoke pre-cast products, all delivering strength, consistency, dimensional accuracy and, thanks to high-tech finishing facilities, able to operate in some of the world’s most demanding environments.
Ongoing investment will continue to upgrade all sites to support precast customers in the housing market, while manufacturing space will be optimised to free up extra capacity for future infrastructure projects and to continue to provide unique services, such as offering rebars, cut and bent, from 8mm to 50mm in 98 per cent recycled material.
Matthew Hague, who founded the group in 1998 with chief operating officer Craig Gibbons, added: “There’s no reason why we can’t produce 1,000 tonnes of product every month, which would move us towards £100m annual revenues and potentially create in excess of 75 new jobs.
“We’ve seen with recent global news how important it is for the UK to be responsible for its own infrastructure and having access to a supply chain that can deliver the scale and complexity of these projects on time and to budget. This is where we come in.”
