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Posted On - 30/01/2024
By Ian Latimer, managing director, Emmegi (UK). In our experience, most customers who invest in fabrication machinery genuinely want to build a partnership with their supplier. There’s a clear acknowledgement that you get more from your machinery company if you allow us to really understand how your business operates and how you want it to develop, and trust us to...
Posted On - 16/01/2024
Kombimatec has launched a new DGS560 large capacity electronic double mitre saw, designed to help fabricators meet demand for an increase in larger, custom windows and doors. The DGS560 can be used to cut a variety of aluminium or PVC-U profiles and has an impressive mitre blade travel of over 400mm. This makes it ideal for cutting wide multi-track aluminium...
Posted On - 16/01/2024
Jade Engineering has updated its TG300 transom groover after learning of a production issue when processing foiled frames. Frames that are foiled externally and white internally have caused a problem in production as most machines – including the Jade TG300 – will automatically groove both sides of the profiles simultaneously. On single sided foiled frames this causes a minor but...
Posted On - 16/01/2024
Architectural and industrial door specialist, Design & Supply, has invested in a Phantomatic T3 Star machining centre after being impressed at Emmegi (UK)’s proven track record on supplying machines for steel fabrication. The Merthyr Tydfil based fabricator has replaced a mix of manual milling and drilling machines with the Emmegi 4-axis Phantomatic, having seen the CNC machine in action both...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Northern Ireland’s Fairco Trade Frames was established in 2021 to help meet the needs of the Irish trade community. When setting up its manufacturing facilities, the team is said to have made a strategic decision to collaborate with machinery specialist, Haffner. This decision has proven to be one they ‘unequivocally stand by’, reflecting the ‘success and satisfaction’ derived from the...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Fabricator-installer, New View Windows and Conservatories, has invested in upgrading its Cornwall-based manufacturing facilities with a Supercut 6 cutting and machining centre from Avantek Machinery. Established in 2009, New View is a family run business serving new build, trade and retail customers. The team is said to be currently implementing ambitious growth plans to become market leaders in and around...
Posted On - 12/12/2023
With the rapid resurgence of the UK aluminium window and door industry, especially in the home improvement sector, a supply chain has emerged that sees machine tools and especially punch tools frequently imported from Europe and further afield, following established links with many overseas-based systems companies. It is a process, says Adam Jones, director of Coventry-based Jade Engineering, that has...
Posted On - 05/12/2023
With the rapid resurgence of the UK aluminium window and door industry, especially in the home improvement sector, a supply chain has emerged that sees machine tools and especially punch tools frequently imported from Europe and further afield, following established links with many overseas-based systems companies. It is a process, says Adam Jones, director of Coventry-based Jade Engineering, that has...
Posted On - 28/11/2023
Haffner has been named Machinery Supplier of the Year for the second year at the prestigious G23 Awards. Matt Thomas, Haffner’s managing director, said: “Becoming the first company to win the Machinery Supplier of the Year in 2022 was special, but to win it for a second year running is incredible and is testament to the hard work and commitment...
Posted On - 21/11/2023
Elumatec (UK) and Emmegi (UK) have announced plans for a formal collaboration in the UK market, designed to help both businesses deliver an even better service to customers. The move is part of the ‘One Company’ approach being implemented by the Voilàp Group, which owns both Elumatec and Emmegi, as well as other well-known brands such as Tekna, Someco and...
Posted On - 07/11/2023
Trade and retail fabricator BWS Windows has purchased a new SMR-4 four-headed welder from Haffner, a machine that is marketed as the ‘fastest and most accurate’ welder on the market today. Raj Jhall, owner of BWS Windows, said: “We pride ourselves on manufacturing the highest quality windows and doors with competitive lead times. We needed to replace two current ageing...
Posted On - 01/11/2023
Avantek Machinery is a finalist for the G Awards in the 2023 Machinery Supplier of the Year category. This award recognises companies who supply machinery and associated services to customers and examines the work they do during and after the life of a project. Avantek Machinery is a supplier of fenestration machinery, specialising in offering high quality tooling and equipment...
Posted On - 26/09/2023
Haffner has been named a finalist in the Machinery Supplier of the Year category at the G23 Awards. Matt Thomas, managing director, said: "Everyone at Haffner is thrilled to have been shortlisted for the G23 Machinery Supplier of the Year award. Over the years, we have continued to invest across the business, and we are now the industry's leading machinery...
Posted On - 13/09/2023
Winchester manufacturer Bespoke Aluminium Manufacturing (BAM) has made a significant investment in new machinery from Kombimatec. Having made the decision to expand the company’s direction and start cutting frames in house, managing director Ben Turner and business partner, Matt Goss, invested in the range to ensure maximum, 24-hour output from BAM’s new factory, established in January 2022. Along with windows...
Posted On - 23/08/2023
By Ian Latimer, managing director, Emmegi (UK). Rising interest rates and the end of the Super Tax Deduction tax incentive are probably not the best combination for encouraging machinery investment, but we’re actually seeing a remarkable degree of resilience in the aluminium market. As I see it, there are several very good reasons for that: Underlying confidence Growth in aluminium...
Posted On - 16/08/2023
Jade Engineering says it has ‘gone into overdrive’ to provide former Duraflex fabricators with new tooling and production advice, as they are forced to switch systems suppliers following the announcement made in June that the Gloucester-based systems company would be closed. As the UK window and door industry’s primary manufacturer of tooling for the production of PVC-U and aluminium window...
Posted On - 16/08/2023
Aluminium fabricator, Prestige Aluminium has invested in a Fom Industrie FMC 120 machining centre from Haffner to support its rapid expansion. Introduced to help increase manufacturing output and improve efficiencies, the machine was delivered at the beginning of August and was reported to be up and running just 48 hours later. Prestige Aluminium was founded less than 12-months ago and...
Posted On - 09/08/2023
By Jim O’Connell, sales manager, Emmegi (UK) While confidence in the UK window and door sector has been hit by the impact of high inflation and rising interest rates over recent months, the Irish market continues to defy expectations – with a government committed to house building and an economy enjoying an ongoing Brexit dividend. That’s turning out to be...
Posted On - 26/07/2023
Secondary glazing specialist Selectaglaze has continued its relationship with Jade Engineering with the purchase of two bespoke punch tools to process the company’s heavier-duty profiles. Designed to repeat precise operations with consistent accuracy, one of the tools is installed on a bench designed and manufactured to match the height of the company’s existing transfer tables. Previous commissions by Selectaglaze include...
Posted On - 18/07/2023
The skills gap has been highlighted again by the latest figures from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), showing that fewer than half of new engineering recruits have neither the necessary technical nor soft skills needed for work within the industry. For fabricators, having the right skilled support in place is vital to keep machines running. Josh Goodwin, technical...
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