“A bittersweet moment”: case maker Hiscox marks closure of UK factory after 40 years – but the brand will live on
2025 has been a bittersweet year for Hiscox Cases. After celebrating 40 years of craftsmanship, the company’s UK factory has been forced to close its doors.
While the news was shared in a statement back in May, yesterday marked the official end of Hiscox Cases’ UK production. “After 40 years of craftsmanship, care, and commitment, we want to thank every single member of our team – past and present – for helping build a brand trusted by musicians around the world,” the team shares in a Facebook post.
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The farewell was complete with a photo of the team posing outside of the company’s Cannock factory. “While this chapter comes to a close, a new one begins,” the post notes.
Despite the unfortunate closure of its Staffordshire home, this wont be the end of Hiscox Cases. In fact, the post goes on to discuss RUF Technologies, a Polish brand that has acquired the company. “We’re working closely with RUF Technologies to ensure a smooth transition, and Hiscox Cases will soon be available once again — with the same dedication to quality that’s defined us for decades. Thank you for being part of our story. Here’s to what comes next.”
A bittersweet moment outside the Hiscox Cases factory on our final day of production in the UK.After 40 years of…
Posted by Hiscox Cases on Sunday, July 27, 2025
The acquisition has also been confirmed on the Hiscox Cases website. An announcement promises that production transfer will “guarantee the same brand, designs, quality and ongoing supply”, and Hiscox Cases Poland will resume shipping “popular models” throughout September, while “less-requested models will be produced to order” and will come in early 2026.
Hiscox Cases first announced that it would be shutting up shop back in May, before news of any acquisition was on the horizon. The news was shared in a statement on their website, noting that the “landscape for manufacturing here in the UK has become ever increasingly problematic since the COVID pandemic”.
“We have faced severe challenging issues with every aspect of the process from raw materials to shop floor staff availability to massively rising costs of production,” founder Brynn Hiscox said. “The compound issues are now so great we have regrettably reached the conclusion that it is no longer possible for us to remain a viable manufacturing business here in the UK.”
“As a luthier, all those years ago, I made my first guitar case specifically for my own use for my own guitars,” he reflected. “I never planned or even imagined that demand for my design would be so great that we have made more than 700,000 cases in the last 40 years. I suppose all good things eventually come to an end.”
“There is nothing more that I can say other than thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your business over the last 40 years.”
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