Rapierstar supports Window Supply Company expansion

Window and door fabricator, Window Supply Company, is said to be ‘optimising product quality’ by using Rapierstar fasteners in all its fabrication operations.

Established in 2019, Window Supply Company reportedly manufactures 1,500 units every week at its 105,000ft2 factory in Whitburn, located midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Despite the impact of the pandemic in the company’s early days of trading, it is said to have bounced-back strongly to serve the post-covid home improvement market, with output recently increasing by 50% as a result of the new factory relocation.

All its windows and doors are manufactured using the Liniar profile system.

The team works to an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system to help ensure products are manufactured to a consistently high standard, including to BS7412 and, where specified, the enhanced security standard PAS24 for its Secured by Design licensed products.

According to Window Supply Company, one of the ways it achieves quality consistency is by using Rapierstar StarPVCU branded fasteners in all aspects of production, which it has done since day one.

Rapierstar supplies more than 100,000 specialist screws every week to Window Supply Company, including stainless steel fasteners for use in windows and doors for installation in more demanding environments. It conducted a comprehensive fastener health check in 2022 which recommended a number of ways to optimise fastener use throughout production.

Lee Harding, production director at the Window Supply Company, said: “One of the most important factors in our rapid growth has been our reputation for quality and we can only achieve this consistently by using high quality hardware in all areas of manufacture – and that includes the fasteners.

“Rapierstar’s StarPVCU screws give us everything we need to produce finished windows and doors that our customers can rely on, and they give us excellent continuity of supply to keep our product on track, backed by all the technical support we require.”

Rapierstar technical consultant for Scotland and Ireland, Paul McAuley, added: “Window Supply Company has made incredible progress in the space of just four years which reflects the team’s focus on getting every detail right.

“We are delighted to support them to ensure their fastener specification and application is optimised, and through our deep UK stocks, we can help the team maintain excellent factory productivity through good continuity in fastener supply.”