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We are a market-leading, globally active business built on engineering excellence, innovation in cold rollforming technology, and a commitment to our customers, our people and the environment.We operate as a global business in cold roll forming providing local service with over 70 dedicated rolling mills across seven manufacturing centres.A privately owned company, Hadley Group employs close to 700 people worldwide and has a turnover of around £160 million. The company has sought to be at the forefront of advancing the techniques and technologies of cold rollforming, employing 43 people within its in-house Group Technology Academy, the largest of its kind in the UK.The Academy's research and technology team trains and produces world class engineers, dedicated to developing cost-down solutions for clients, with a proactive, customer focused approach which sees them constantly striving to find new innovations to improve customer's businesses.The company's internationally patented UltraSTEEL® process has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise Innovation. The process has revolutionised the production of steel section components used primarily in the construction industry throughout the world.The UltraSTEEL® process increases the capacity of steel by up to 12%, and as such weighs 12% lighter than conventional steel, increasing fire resistance, improving acoustic entrapment and reducing manufacturing costs.This major technical breakthrough can be developed for use on virtually any light gauge, cold rollformed section or product. Applications include vineyard support posts for use in some of the world's most prestigious vineyards to steel profiles for modular housing.Hadley Group also recently acquired EWS (Manufacturing) Ltd. EWS produces in excess of 25 million metres of cold rollformed sections annually. It is recognised as the market leader in Window and Door Steel Reinforcement and also has core strengths in other construction market products.