September/October 2022

Updates
AUTOMATION
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£110K MACHINERY INVESTMENT TO BOOST PRODUCTION
Aluminium bi-fold hardware supplier AT Precision has invested £110K in new machinery in a bid to ramp up production
and keep up with growing demand.
The Durham-based company has bought in a CNC vertical machining centre, an 8-head tapping machine, as well as three
new saws.
Sales Director Michael Hewitt commented: “We’ve seen an increased demand for aluminium products across the board, especially
for bi-folds and patio doors, meaning demand for our products has also soared.
“Future proofing the business by investing in new machinery is a vital step in meeting this demand and continuing to
deliver the best quality products our customers are used to, matched with excellent service and competitive lead times.”
The new suite of machinery is the latest in a series of investments at AT Precision, following the addition of plastic
ancillaries, espagnolette window handles, security hardware, as well as aluminium profile, to its wide range.
www.atprecision.co.uk
ROSEVIEW INCREASES ITS PROFILE
Haffner has delivered a second SBA-4 VS PVC-U Profile Machining Centre to Roseview Windows.
Mike Bygrave, Sales & Marketing Director at Roseview Windows, commented: “Roseview has witnessed a sharp upturn
in demand in the past 18 months as a result of the continued popularity of feature-rich sash windows. Our investment in
this new machine will give us a big increase in capacity and further support our continued strategy for growth.”
The second machine arrives on the shop floor just 12 months after the business took receipt of their first
Haffner VS machining centre. Mike commented: “We invested in our first SBA-4 VS machining centre to replace
an ageing machine and upgrade efficiencies across the shop floor. It made such a huge difference to our
fabrication capabilities we had no hesitation in ordering a second machine to support our business growth trajectory and maintain our quality
sash window output.” www.haffnerltd.com
JADE PULLS NO PUNCHES WITH NEW TOOL SYSTEM
Jade Engineering has worked closely with the manufacturers of Guardian Warm Roof to develop a version of
its ‘Swiss army knife’ punch tool that dramatically reduces fabrication time for its popular solid roof system.
The Guardian Warm Roof engineers recognised that they needed to provide a more efficient and accurate solution for
its fabricators to replace the template and power tool system of drilling the various fixing holes for the main aluminium
sections of its solid conservatory roof replacement. After an earlier company designed a solution that was deemed to be
expensive and unworkable, the firm contacted Jade Engineering and threw down the challenge to provide an answer.
Jade’s response was to engineer a multi-tool head that may be adjusted quickly and simply to switch between
the various aluminium profiles used in the Guardian Warm Roof, mounted on a single punch tool pump unit. Thus, a
single Jade unit not only replaces the cumbersome hand-prepping, but provides a single, compact punch station when other systems would require multiple units
to complete the prepping requirements of the various profiles within the system. https://jade-eng.co.uk
INSIGHT VITAL TO CONTINUED GROWTH
Roseview Windows has doubled its capacity over the past two years to 750 PVC-U vertical sliders per week
and says it is already planning to increase that even further to a record 1,000. The company attributes
much of its ability to cope with that kind of unprecedented growth to the fact that it switched to Business
Micros’ Evolution manufacturing and EvoNET business management software during the pandemic.
Richard Burrells, Roseview’s Managing Director, said the new software is helping to revolutionise the business,
enabling it to work towards achieving market leading levels of efficiency and customer service, without sacrificing
any of the traditional craftsmanship which distinguishes Roseview from its competitors. He said: “We’ve gone from
paperwork and whiteboards to a fully digitised factory with a dashboard facility which lets us see everything from
production volumes to product mix, sash to frame ratios and individual fabricator output at a glance. That kind of insight has been vital as we’ve expanded, and
obviously gives us the platform we need to plan how we move forward in the future.” www.businessmicros.co.uk
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