Reach extended
Universal Arches, now part of Kaliber Group, has introduced a weekly delivery schedule to Northern and the Republic of Ireland and a bi-weekly to service to Scotland, as the company looks set to expand its geographical reach.
The company already has a solid reputation in England and Wales – it claims to be the only arching and shaped frame specialist with ISO9001:2015 and has won the G09 Award for Specialist of the Year, along with two other finalist nominations in 2007 and 2014.
Universal Arches has also done much to improve manufacturing tolerances, thanks to the adoption of 3D computer modelling for over 92% of designs.
The new weekly delivery schedules to Northern and the Republic of Ireland and bi-weekly to Scotland will be fulfilled within the Kaliber Group, through sister company KAT, which will remove the need for external hauliers that rely on distribution hubs and multiple handling.
Lead times are 10-14 days from point of order with the aim in the medium-term to shorten this further.
David Richards, Kaliber Group chairman, said: “It’s the next obvious step for us to open up the Irish and Scottish markets for our range of bespoke arched and shaped frames. Our quality is unsurpassed, and with the group operational resources we can supply these new markets with impressive regularity through a 10-14 day lead time with OTIF levels in excess of 97%.”