Batley-based furniture maker HSL awarded top industry accolade

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HSL, a family business which employs more than 500 people and has been making and selling upholstered chairs, sofas and adjustable beds in Batley since 1968, has been awarded the prestigious Manufacturing Guild Mark for business excellence by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and furnishing industry charity.

Owned and managed by the Burrows family, who established the company over 55 years ago, HSL is known for its luxury recliner chairs and comfortable sofas as well as adjustable electric beds. The manufacturing process, at the company’s Batley production site, was the subject of an episode of BBC show Inside the Factory earlier this year.

They have refined and re-engineered their manufacturing processes after establishing their own design and development team eight years ago, investing in high-spec machinery and technology to improve efficiencies and quality.” The firm has also launched new product ranges, gaining the Queen’s Award for Innovation. Mr Bulmer added: “Equally impressively, HSL now work with a local college, which delivers the company’s furniture manufacturing apprenticeship standards.

 

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