About Us

At Highfield Gears, we're passionate about helping each and every customer with their industrial gearbox needs. Knowing that, as a direct result of our gearbox repairs, a business has a gearbox that is back up and running to its original specification, gives us no greater pleasure.

The quality industrial gearbox repair service that we offer, from a complete gearbox upgrade to the creation of individual gear components, is done by a team of specialists who work to an incredibly high standard.

No matter the solution, we can work with a range of units made by a number of brands such as David Brown, Radicon, Renold, Sumitomo, Flender, Chemineer, Siemens and Hansen. In addition, we can reverse engineer, strip, or upgrade individual gear components such as worm gears, double helical gears, bevel gears, spur gears, shafts, drives, bearings and casings.

So, if you require an industrial gearbox repair service or any of our other cost-effective gearbox services, please do not hesitate to get in touch with an engineer at Highfield Gears Today on 01484 531 010, or email us at sales@hgi-uk.co.uk.

Introduction to Highfield Gears

Meet the team

Jack Walker

Managing Director

Jack originally started working at Highfields when he was 17 years old back in 2005, he then went on to get a first-class degree and gained experience from the financial sectors, and corporate management, dealing with MOD contracts. He then returned to Highfield in 2014 to help complete a successful purchase of it in May 2018. Jacks role in the business is the Managing Director, overseeing all aspects – from keeping in constant contact with customers, overseeing the sales and marketing teams, the financial and production aspects with the management team, and strategically positioning the company for future growth.

Richard Lumb

Service Manager

Richard began working for Highfield Gears after his previous company Falconer Engineering Products acquired them. After spending years focusing on repairs and retro-fitting industrial gearboxes, he became Service Manager where he began to gain experience in brewing, plastics, water treatment, power stations, and much more. To this day, Richard continues in this role and uses his experience to run and manage the fitting department, helping customers with their industrial gearbox requirements.

Paul Wood

Works Manager

Paul started with Highfield Gears as an apprentice in August 1988 where he began gear cutting and grinding and learning his trade on various shop floor departments. Having risen through the ranks as an apprentice, working charge-hand, and gear cutting supervisor, Paul now finds himself as a Works Manager which is a role he relishes since he was appointed to it back in 2011.

Charlene Landon

Office Manager

Charlene started working for Highfield Gears back in 2008 as an accounts assistant. Since then she has worked her way up through the production team to become Office Manager which is a wide-ranging role that involves working alongside engineers to ensure materials are available and jobs are on track for completion. Charlene is also in constant contact with our customers to ensure their needs are met, and that they are happy with the service.

Paul Kaye

CNC Manager

Paul is one of our most experienced team members. With over 40 years of experience in horizontal and vertical machining centres and lathes, Paul is a CNC Manager and helps machine gearboxes, subsea valves, duplexes, and Inconel valves. Paul also has 25 years of experience in the plastic injection industry using CAD/CAM programming.

Our History

27th March 1927 is a special date for us because it marks the founding of Highfield Gears. We are named after an area of Huddersfield called Highfield and started with one engineer and one accountant. Fast-forward 94 years, and we're a big company, operating in a 16,500 square foot premises, servicing huge companies such as Ineos, Tata Steel and Guinness.

Since our founding, we have moved into more specialist areas, where industrial gearbox repair is needed, such as chemical agitation, brewery equipment and steelworks. Throughout our time in the industry we have continued to push our work to ensure it is as innovative, and as cutting-edge, as it needs to be for our customer’s changing business needs.

What Makes Highfield Gears So Unique

Cutting-edge Machinery

Since our founding in 1927 we have been investing in equipment which allows us to work on helical, spur, worm and bevel gearboxes of varying sizes and weights, up to 18 tonnes. We can also offer gear cutting, and gear grinding, facilities, all of which are done on-site.

Specialist Knowledge

We offer a deeper level of thinking when it comes to your gear units and spare gears. We don’t just do a one page quote and get on with it. Instead, we take a holistic approach and offer recommendations based on your requirements and gearbox application. Often, through the process of repairing industrial gearboxes, we actually go on to improve the performance, because of this approach.

UK-based Experts

Competitors have chosen to move manufacturing and repairs overseas whereas, here at Highfield Gears, we have made a conscious decision to keep our talent, expertise, and experience in our home town of Huddersfield. This allows us to better serve our clients in the UK and speeds up the process, limiting downtime.

Able To Deal With All Problems

While other gearbox repair services claim they can solve specialist issues day or night, we actually can. Operating for nearly 100 years has allowed us to understand every gearbox problem there is, this level of innate knowledge is matched by very few competitors.

Get In Touch With Highfield Gears Today

Our Huddersfield location makes us ideally suited to help businesses and organisations across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and further afield in Europe. We’re customer focussed and are only happy until you are, which is why we work all hours at our service repair centre offering a quality service. We never tire of knowing that a job has met our stringent quality checks and is back helping you make your business go from strength to strength.

If you’re based near Huddersfield, the surrounding cities and towns such as Sheffield, Leeds or Barnsley or further afield in the UK or Europe and are after advice from a team of people who are experts at industrial gearbox repairs and reconditioned gearboxes then get in touch with the team here at Highfield Gears on 01484531010 – the team at our gearbox centre look forward to helping you.