in Shanghai; occupying an area of over two hundred thousand square
feet (approximately the size of 5 football pitches).
1993:
Business and Technical agreement signed
with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Japan
.
1994:
The first of many
Mitsubishi
products come off the production line.
1996:
Advanced world class sewing machine head
& bed production line installed and set-up by the Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation of Japan
.
The first of the 500x500 horizontal
machining centres installed
.
1997:
ISO 9000:1994 Registration
.
2000:
The production of world class long arm
and special purposes heavy duty machines started
.
2001:
ISO 9001:2000 Registration
2002:
The production of world class
Mitsubishi
PLK
& Highlead HLK
electronic programmable bar tack sewing machines started.
2003:
Invested in the new "Highlead Technology
Centre" working hand-in hand with local universities and famous
overseas sewing machine brands to increase new product development.
For example 26 new products were developed in 2003.
Advanced direct-drive sewing machines
with dry-head technology introduced
.
Exclusive
distribution agreement signed with
Braithwaite Sewing Machines
of England.
2004:
Highlead sewing machine
showroom opens at distribution centre in
Manchester England.
2005:
ERP production management system
introduced
.
Production agreement signed with German
company for automotive airbags automatic sewing machine.
2006:
Invested
the equivalent of over
3.3
million UK pounds (approx 4 million Euros) in advanced equipment to complement
and expand
production
line.
2007:
Product range now incorporates 5 major
categories of sewing equipment with 280 sub category models.
2008:
KL100 CNC automatic airbag sewing
machine receives Industry Federation Science and Technology award.
2009:
Received National Light Industry
Enterprise Performance Excellence Award
.
Advanced
Highlead HLK direct drive electronic pattern sewing machine
range introduced.
2010:
Highlead
brand industrial sewing machines now
the largest
heavy duty
range on display in the UK.
Increased development of new automatic
programmable industrial sewing machine models.
201
1:
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of
Highlead with a series of activities and ceremonies.
