{"id":11446,"date":"2023-03-28T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11446"},"modified":"2023-03-29T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:41:03","slug":"made-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/blog\/made-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Britain: Chris Childs in Conversation with Kate Hills \ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, Contrado&#8217;s CEO Chris Childs was in conversation with the Founder &amp; CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/makeitbritish.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Make it British<\/a>, Kate Hills. While offering Kate a tour of the factory, Chris talked about what goes into running a print-on-demand company, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/design-your-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">range of products on offer<\/a>, all made in Britain, and the importance of technology in making manufacturing scalable and fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0w3gymfBc1AW8f0vw3UUCj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/make-it-british-podcast\/id1441836946?i=1000605618377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrado Imaging was set up by Chris, alongside his wife Fran Rodriguez in 2002. From starting from their dining room table, Contrado has now grown into a&nbsp;behemoth, serving customers worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrado means to assemble and deliver. We have a one-stop production facility, with state-of-the-art equipments, for producing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/fabrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">printed fabrics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/designer-clothing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garments<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/unique-homeware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homeware<\/a>. We specialise in making quality, custom products on demand, offer a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.co.uk\/why-join-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">platform to creatives to sell their art on our products<\/a>, and build brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each order is carefully handmade inside our facility in north-west London, often within 24 hours.&nbsp;Contrado&#8217;s USP is that everything is made to order, which means we don&#8217;t hold on to dead stock, thereby contributing in our own small way towards a more sustainable way of life. 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