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PARAGON Toolmaking’s successful four-year apprenticeship programme has been recognised for its innovation by winning a distinguished award. The importance of our team’s traditional knowledge and skills impressed the judges to win the Training and Development award at the Hull Live Business Awards 2021. Sponsored by East Riding College, the Award acknowledged the key role our… Continue reading Innovative training initiative wins praise and regional accolade

Paragon Toolmaking are delighted to have been shortlisted for another prestigious business award in recognition of our dedication to training and developing our workforce. Having already collected the Manufacturing Apprenticeship & Training Scheme Award at Insider Media’s ‘Made in Yorkshire’ Awards 2021 in August, we have now been named a shortlisted finalist in the 2021… Continue reading Training and development of workforce recognised by shortlisting at prestigious business awards

Paragon Toolmaking General Manager Kevin Batty says he expects an increased focus to be placed upon the benefits of nurturing UK manufacturing partnerships at this year’s ‘Meet the Toolmaker’ event. Mr Batty will be in attendance along with business owner Daniel Beaumont at this year’s event, which is being staged at the Manufacturing Technology Centre… Continue reading Meet the Toolmaker event can promote partnership working and strengthen UK manufacturing relationships

GENERAL Manager Kevin Batty believes our award-winning apprenticeship and training scheme deserves to be recognised for its success after scooping a prestigious accolade. Prominent names from across Yorkshire’s world-leading manufacturing industry gathered to attend Insider Media’s ‘Made in Yorkshire’ Awards 2021. Designed to celebrate world-class Yorkshire manufacturing companies and the global products they sell; Paragon… Continue reading Award-winning apprenticeship and training scheme is reflection of everyone’s hard work

Inspired by a family of engineers, apprentice toolmaker Jay Malone is delighted to be stamping out a hands-on career for himself at Paragon Toolmaking. With around 60 per cent of our current workforce having come through the in-house apprenticeship scheme, Jay is following in the footsteps of many successful toolmakers. At the end of July,… Continue reading How apprentice Jay Malone is stamping out a promising career in his family footsteps

By Kevin Batty, General Manager Toolmaking is an art. It requires knowledge, skill and a methodical approach. It also helps if you have a passion for making things and inquisitive nature for how things work. Despite the fact Paragon Toolmaking has been in existence since 1969, we still get asked a couple of questions on… Continue reading Toolmaking explained: What is it? And why might you need our specialist skills

Paragon Toolmaking are delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories at the 2021 Business Insider ‘Made in Yorkshire’ Awards. The prestigious manufacturing event ‘celebrates world-class companies based in Yorkshire and the Humber and the products they are making here and selling across the world’. We have been shortlisted in the Manufacturing Apprenticeship / Training… Continue reading Paragon success recognised at 2021 Business Insider ‘Made in Yorkshire’ Awards

New orders and returning customers have helped Paragon Toolmaking achieve its ‘best first quarter for many years’. Managers are also confident of maintaining momentum throughout 2021, believing there has been a ‘shift back to onshore manufacturing in the UK’, helping drive a significant increase in inquiries year on year. Our highly-specialist industry has seen huge… Continue reading New orders and returning customers ensures first quarter of 2021 is ‘best for many years’

Commitment to continually investing into the development of new employees has helped Paragon Toolmaking maintain the highest standards for 50 years, with more than half of our workforce having come through apprenticeships. Established in Hull in 1969, we are proud to have a workforce which boasts many staff members who have been with the company… Continue reading Commitment to in-house training has established workforce with more than half learning skills as apprentices

Paragon Toolmaking have been delighted to receive a new order from a customer to replace a specific manufacturing tool which produces parts used in Jaguar car engines. The order comes 13 years after the first tool was made for this particular client, and after it has produced millions of parts for the end user. Kevin… Continue reading Customer returns to Paragon to replace manufacturing tool which has made millions of Jaguar car parts over 13 years