Glassolutions invests £1.5m
Glass processor, Glassolutions, has invested over £1.5m into its Dudley factory including the installation of a larger furnace with 20% increased capacity and the ability to toughen even larger pieces of glass; an automated arriser to ensure high quality and consistent finishing; and a power upgrade to futureproof the site and enable further expansion plans.
Glassolutions says that the investment will help its customers to respond to growing consumer demand for oversized pieces of glass as the trend to refurbish and extend residential properties, utilising large expanses of glass, continues.
Glassolutions’ Dudley factory manager, David Evans, said: “Our product range, which includes Cool-Lite SKN 176, Planitherm One and Planitherm Total+, already provides the perfect energy efficient, solar and acoustic control solutions for customers to create comfortable, liveable and visually stunning glazed extensions in this premium residential market.
“Our offering has been enhanced by this latest investment which means we can now process and toughen glass up to 2.85m x 4.2m in size.”
According to Glassolutions, it will be very much ‘business as usual’ during the 13-week upgrade work thanks to detailed planning and additional manufacturing resources available from sister sites in Coventry, Motherwell and Canterbury.
David said: “We’ve planned the upgrade project in the shortest possible schedule which means it will be complete by the end of April. Importantly, we’ll operate a full production line at all times, and we have plenty of back-up capacity at our nearby Coventry factory as well as our glass processing sites at Motherwell and Canterbury. This should mean little or no difference to normal lead times.”