Manufacturing

Manufacturing

The hatch. modular system has been calibrated to ensure it can be produced through the establishment of a series of local manufacturing facilities. These h.RPM (hatch. Residential Precision Manufacturing) facilities can evolve in complexity and scale as uptake for the product increases, either to solely meet local demand or as an export to adjacent communities. Having a low entry threshold into manufacturing means h.RPM can create local skilled jobs.

A h.RPM facility not only creates and sustains jobs and skills/training but through committing a minimum level of their homes requirement it will earn any Local Authority a share of the profits generated. This provides a valuable additional revenue stream to the local authority. It keeps the community £ in the community.

A local assembly plant can be up and running within 12 months and starts by assembling pre-made components. This plant will initially specialise in the construction of standard modular units with the more complex units being supplied by the existing supply chain. As the plant becomes established, more complex work is brought in-house as output increases.

Local Jobs for your Community.

One of the key drivers behind hatch. is to create local skilled jobs alongside the supply of its homes. CLiCs has been developed from the start to provide a simple, yet complete, manufacturing process to enable local assembly plants to be established.

Local Manufacturing Facilities.

hatch. is working with Local Authorities and Housing Associations to create these local assembly plants.

hatch. personnel have a wealth of experience in establishing and operating manufacturing facilities and consequently its CLiCs product design has been created to enable local manufacturing, simply and cost effectively. In addition, its sophisticated supply chain enables pre-fabrication of sub-assemblies to be incorporated, which further supports local assembly.

If you are interested in having a local manufacturing facility in your area, please contact us for further information.

hatch. Jobs Through Local Manufacturing.

hatch. product design for manufacturing (DFMa) has been a principle objective embedded in our ethos. One of the dilemmas of off-site construction is that skilled jobs are not produced or delivered where the homes are installed; as product is imported to the site from other parts of the UK or more recently from overseas. hatch provides the opportunity to develop local manufacturing facilities based on a 3 stage process.

Manufacturing – Soft Start Process.

Starting any manufacturing process is a serious commitment and one using offsite technology is no exception. This is the principle reason why the adoption of the concept of pop-up factories to service the construction industry has yet to take hold.

hatch. have developed a 3 stage process to smooth the transition into local independent manufacturing. A hatch. factory will start by assembling pre-made parts, working in partnership with our existing supply chain. As the process evolves, the scope can be developed to increase the output and / or the complexity of the work. Initially a hatch. factory does not need to be fully independent but could just specialise in the construction of standard modular units, with more complex units being supplied by hatch’s established supply chain.