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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Secondary glazing specialist, Selectaglaze, has invested in an FMC 340 CNC machining centre from Fom Industrie. Duncan Saunders, head of production at Selectaglaze, said: “Selectaglaze aims to have the best quality machinery that makes manufacturing efficient and ensures consistent quality throughout the whole fabrication process. “The new FMC 340 CNC machining centre with fume extraction hood is an impressive machine...
Three Emmegi customers have taken ownership of the machines which were featured on the Emmegi (UK) stand at FIT. Paul Tonks from Wow Aluminium in Gainsborough shook hands with sales manager, Martin Linnell, on his new Itaca Solution crimper Kanji Hirani, managing director of Maidstone based Kawneer specialist, Leay Windows, came to the show to sign the deal on a...
Haffner has confirmed it has booked a 600m2 zone at FIT 2025, which will run from 29 April to 1 May 2025 at the NEC, Birmingham. Matt Thomas, MD at Haffner, said: “FIT has always been an important event for us, and the trend continued this year. Having had another tremendous show with a large pipeline of new business enquiries,...
Haffner has celebrated another successful year at FIT. Matt Thomas, managing director, said: “We confirmed a sale of the new SBA-4 machining centre on the show’s first day, which set the tone for us. We had quality footfall over all three days and have a strong pipeline of order enquiries to follow up.” At 586.5m2, Haffner’s stand was the biggest...
Jade Engineering has purchased a 30,000ft2 industrial property it that is destined to become the Coventry-based firm’s headquarters from the end of 2023. Located just metres from the company’s current main Bayton Road, Coventry premises, the new building will allow most of the company’s operations and 50-plus staff to be located under the same roof, consolidated from three other sites...
Specialist trade fabricator, A Plus Aluminium, has invested in a new profile machining centre, an SBZ 140 from Elumatec UK. The machine is installed at the company’s core manufacturing facility in Watford, swapping out one of the older machines and bringing the total back to five. According to A Plus, the replacement machine is already providing improved reliability and increased...
Haffner is now the strategic machinery partner for FOM Industrie in the UK. Dave Thomas, CEO, said: “We have been working with FOM since 2019 and we are now the UK’s largest distributor of its cutting-edge aluminium machinery range. Our relationship has gone from strength to strength, resulting in this strategic move.” Founded in 1972, FOM Industrie machinery includes automatic...