Quality manufacturing is in their DNA. This is WH Bagshaw.

By Arthur Field


Thursday 2 July 2026, 5:00:00 PM


“If you don’t make quality parts, you’re not going to be in business very long.”

WH Bagshaw have been proving that since 1870 – from billions of phonograph needles to complex aerospace, defence, and medical parts.

Arthur Field of MTDCNC sits down with Aaron Bagshaw of WH Bagshaw to explore what it looks like when a 156-year-old startup keeps reinventing itself to stay ahead. Today, that means 31 CNC machines on the floor, an industrial cleaning system that eliminated their biggest bottleneck, and a culture that cascades company goals all the way down to the shop floor.



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