On 7 November 2026, Zaun celebrated 30 years in business, marking the milestone as part of the Fastline Group of Companies, with a broader range of expertise and capabilities to support its next stage of growth.

Zaun brings specialist mesh manufacturing, security and sports fencing expertise, and an established product range to the Fastline Group of Companies. Combined with the Group’s wider fabrication, finishing and commercial capabilities, these strengths provide a firm base for the next stage of the business.

Following the acquisition on 26 November 2025, owners Mike Fellows and Paul Collins are taking Zaun forward as part of a group that includes Fastline Steel Services, Paramount Steel Fence, Stoke Galvanising and Aspect Powder Coating.

For Zaun, the opportunity is to build on three decades of manufacturing experience while working more closely with colleagues across the Group to support customers, develop opportunities and meet a wider range of project requirements.

Specialist manufacturing at the heart of the business

Zaun’s contribution starts at Steel Drive in Wolverhampton, where our teams manufacture welded mesh fencing systems for sports and security applications.

Having that capability within the Group provides specialist production knowledge alongside an established range of products. Double-wire sports fencing, 358 security mesh, prison fencing and Super 10 each draw on experience developed through years of manufacturing and customer projects.

Our first rigid mesh machine, “Blue”, helped establish in-house production of double-wire and 358 mesh fencing. A new 50,000 sq ft factory opened in 2011, doubling manufacturing capacity and providing separate facilities for fencing and gate fabrication and mesh manufacture.

Investment continued in 2024 with the arrival of “Red”. Red became our principal machine for double-wire mesh, allowing Blue to focus on 358 mesh systems, including prison fencing and Super 10.

Together with the Group’s fabrication, galvanising and powder coating capabilities, this manufacturing base gives us more scope to coordinate expertise around what customers need.

The people behind the capability

The value of a manufacturing business lies as much in its people as its equipment. Across Zaun, colleagues understand how to turn a specification into a finished product.

They prepare drawings, plan production, operate and maintain machinery, fabricate components, check quality and organise deliveries. Our technical and commercial teams work with customers and contractors to resolve requirements before orders reach the factory.

That knowledge has been built and maintained by people across the business over many years. It is an important part of what Zaun brings to the Group and what we will carry forward.

The 30th anniversary is an opportunity to recognise employees past and present whose work has established that capability and kept it delivering for customers.

Thirty years of experience in practice

Zaun was established in Birmingham in November 1996 to supply rigid mesh fencing for sports and security projects.

One of our earliest orders was for fencing at the new hockey pitches at Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow. We still hold the paperwork for order number 19: a quotation dated 6 February 1998, followed by a purchase order from Glasgow Parks and Recreation Department dated 25 February 1998.

From those early sports projects, the business developed the capacity to support major events and demanding security applications.

As one of the principal fencing contractors for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Zaun designed, manufactured and supplied more than 40 kilometres of permanent and temporary fencing. Further projects included the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland in 2013, the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague in 2014 and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Our experience also includes manufacturing and supplying fencing for Heathrow Airport over many years, alongside prison fencing widely used across the UK prison estate. Sports fencing remains central to the business, serving schools, clubs and community facilities as well as major venues.

These projects demonstrate the breadth of expertise available within Zaun today. They have helped our teams develop the manufacturing knowledge, technical understanding and practical experience that support new customer requirements.

A stronger offer across the Group

Zaun’s specialist mesh production adds a distinctive capability to the wider Group. In turn, access to complementary fabrication, finishing and commercial expertise creates opportunities to do more with the products and knowledge already established at Steel Drive.

For customers, the value is practical: bringing the right people together to review requirements, resolve technical details and coordinate the work needed to deliver a project. Closer cooperation across the businesses can also help customers understand and access more of the Group’s offer.

The focus now is on turning those opportunities into lasting customer relationships and future work, with Zaun’s manufacturing expertise playing an important role.

Looking ahead from 30

Over the last 30 years, Zaun has manufactured and delivered millions of metres of fencing. From school sports facilities to major international events and high-security sites, that work has taken the business far beyond its beginnings in Birmingham.

Today, manufacturing remains firmly rooted in Wolverhampton. With the skills of colleagues across Zaun and the wider Group, the business enters its next decade with more expertise to draw on and more opportunities to pursue.

To our employees, customers, suppliers and partners, thank you for being part of Zaun’s first 30 years. We look forward to building on that work together.