Your manufacturing website should generate qualified enquiries— not just sit there.

Manufacturing website design in the UK ranges from £17,000 for an Essential project (up to 12 pages, custom design and build) to £40,000+ for an Enterprise project with strategy, full copywriting, and complex catalogue or integration requirements. Mid-range Growth projects — 12 to 25 pages with discovery, UX, design, and development — start from £25,000. The key cost drivers are catalogue size and number of sub-brands, whether copywriting is included, CRM and ERP integration requirements, and platform complexity.

WordPress is often the right fit for manufacturers with large product catalogues and multiple sub-brands, because it handles complex taxonomies and high page counts well. HubSpot CMS is right when enquiries and lead data need to flow natively into your CRM and sales process. Webflow suits manufacturers wanting marketing-team independence with clean, fast pages and a smaller catalogue. We build on all three and recommend whichever fits your catalogue size and commercial model.

A properly built B2B manufacturing website takes 10–16 weeks from kickoff to launch: 2 weeks discovery and strategy, 2 weeks UX and wireframing, 3 weeks visual design (with revisions), 4 weeks development, 1 week launch and QA. Large catalogues or multi-brand architectures can extend the development phase. Projects that compress this timeline almost always result in a compromised strategy or architecture phase — where the most important findability decisions are made. We do not compress timelines to win briefs.

A manufacturing website usually has to organise a large product catalogue — often thousands of SKUs across many categories and several sub-brands — so that a technical buyer can find the exact right product fast. It must present specifications, data sheets, and certifications clearly, build credibility for long and considered purchasing decisions, and often coexist with a separate e-catalogue or ERP system. A consistent product taxonomy and brand architecture are structural elements specific to manufacturing that a general B2B site does not need.

Yes — and this is a deliberate design goal on every project. On WordPress: a custom theme with a modular block library so new product pages, ranges, and bulletins publish without developer involvement. On HubSpot CMS: a drag-and-drop builder aligned to your design system. On Webflow: a structured CMS and custom block library. Every project includes hands-on team training at launch, because the long-term success of a catalogue this size depends on the team being able to maintain it confidently.

Yes. Rudo works with B2B manufacturers and industrial businesses — component and parts manufacturers, chemical and materials producers, engineering firms, and industrial distributors. Our manufacturing clients include ELTA Automotive, Info-Gel, Norit, and Remark Group. Minimum project budget is £17,000. We are less suited to very small manufacturers needing a low-cost brochure template, where an off-the-shelf solution will serve better.

The metrics we track post-launch include: enquiry rate and quality, product and data-sheet discovery, time-to-find for technical buyers, organic search visibility, and the time your team spends maintaining the site. A well-structured manufacturing site with a clear product taxonomy typically improves both the volume and the quality of qualified enquiries within 90 days of launch, while cutting the time the marketing team spends on updates. Lead-quality improvements take 60–90 days to measure accurately.