Finishing Yearbook 2024
Welcome to the 46th edition of the Finishing Industries Yearbook – the essential guide for everyone involved in the UK surface treatment industry. Each year I write a little note about the events of the past year, and how they have affected the industry. Like most my age we only seem to recall the difficulties faced over the past year. However, it is always good to read how the industry circumnavigates each situation. We hope that you find this edition an invaluable aid to sourcing suppliers to provide the solution to your specific needs. It is used by the whole buying chain from trade finishing houses to manufacturers of a wide variety of products from white goods to automotive. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the businesses that have contributed to the compilation of this yearbook. If you have any comments, suggestions or would like to be included in the next edition, please email me at b.williams@turretgroup.com. The Buyers’ Guide categories have been updated this year with the new headings of “Lubricants/Grease” and “Solvent Recovery’. In the Regional Guide, there is the new category of “Chemical Etching & Etch Inspection”. The Finishing Industries Yearbook Team & Finishing Industries Magazine Team wish you all the very best for 2024!
Welcome to the 46th edition of the Finishing Industries Yearbook – the essential guide for everyone involved in the UK surface treatment industry.
Each year I write a little note about the events of the past year, and how they have affected the industry. Like most my age we only seem to recall the difficulties faced over the past year. However, it is always good to read how the industry circumnavigates each situation.
We hope that you find this edition an invaluable aid to sourcing suppliers to provide the solution to your specific needs. It is used by the whole buying chain from trade finishing houses to manufacturers of a wide variety of products from white goods to automotive.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the businesses that have contributed to the compilation of this yearbook. If you have any comments, suggestions or would like to be included in the next edition, please email me at b.williams@turretgroup.com. The Buyers’ Guide categories have been updated this year with the new headings of “Lubricants/Grease” and “Solvent Recovery’. In the Regional Guide, there is the new category of “Chemical Etching & Etch Inspection”.
The Finishing Industries Yearbook Team & Finishing Industries Magazine Team wish you all the very best for 2024!
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20 COMPANY PROFILE<br />
Dalby Evolution Spray Booths<br />
The new Dalby Evolution EQ<br />
combination spray booth oven<br />
incorporates the very latest<br />
technology, providing the<br />
optimum paint application<br />
environment whilst minimising<br />
running costs.<br />
The Evolutionary Dalby<br />
‘ProActive’ touch screen control<br />
system constantly monitors the<br />
activity within the spray booth and<br />
automatically adjusts airflow,<br />
temperature and lighting to<br />
optimise overspray clearance and<br />
bake performance whilst<br />
minimising running costs.<br />
Featuring Performance, Smart<br />
and Economy modes with invertor<br />
controlled automatic pressure<br />
balancing, the airflow is<br />
automatically controlled to provide<br />
power consumption as low as 1Kw<br />
in Economy mode. This unique<br />
technology allows the Booth to<br />
offer your business long term cost<br />
savings without compromising the<br />
quality or performance your<br />
business demands<br />
With the high visibility LED<br />
mode indicator and countdown<br />
timer display fitted above the 3 leaf<br />
large window doors, the booth<br />
operating mode and count down<br />
timer is easily visible across any<br />
workshop.<br />
The factory-built air handling unit<br />
incorporates the fans, dampers and<br />
pilotless burner into a single unit,<br />
enabling a fast installation and<br />
unrivalled levels of reliability.<br />
Maintenance access from within<br />
the booth saves vital workshop<br />
space by enabling the booth to<br />
be positioned into a corner with<br />
no side or rear access required.<br />
This space saving design helps<br />
maximise usable floorspace.<br />
With rear extraction no pit is<br />
required, but the Dalby EQ is<br />
also available with downdraft air<br />
movement via pit extraction or<br />
with an internally ramped raised<br />
floor.<br />
New Evolution+ technology<br />
allows you to monitor and<br />
manage energy costs per job in<br />
real-time<br />
Our Evolution+ technology<br />
delivers all the same energy<br />
saving innovation as the<br />
Evolution Booths but with the<br />
added advantage of allowing you<br />
to view and manage the energy<br />
costs of your spray booth in<br />
real-time.<br />
• Track energy usage<br />
• Record data against each job<br />
reference number<br />
• Monitor how long the booth is<br />
operational in each mode<br />
• Gain accurate energy costings<br />
per job<br />
• Download data for more<br />
detailed performance analysis<br />
• Enhance energy management<br />
and budget planning<br />
Harry Dalby Engineering Ltd<br />
Tel: 0116 291600<br />
enquiries@dalby.co.uk<br />
www.dalby.co.uk<br />
Supporting the UK Surface Engineering Sector since 1887<br />
The Surface Engineering<br />
Association can trace its<br />
beginnings back to 1887 when<br />
the Platers' and Gilders' Trade<br />
Section of the Birmingham<br />
Jewellers' and Silversmiths'<br />
Association was founded to bring<br />
together numerous small,<br />
specialised plating companies<br />
who, in the main, serviced the<br />
Birmingham jewellers and<br />
silversmiths.<br />
This year the SEA continued its<br />
work in supporting the sector by<br />
assisting companies to obtain<br />
authorisation under the UK<br />
REACH Regulations. Companies<br />
using chromium trioxide had to<br />
apply for authorisation to continue<br />
its use and had to demonstrate that<br />
risk management measures<br />
reduced exposures in accordance<br />
with the ALARP – as low as<br />
reasonably practicable, principles.<br />
The SEA formed a consortium to<br />
assist 80 companies in applying for<br />
authorisation and allow them to<br />
remain in business and support<br />
UK manufacturing. As the SEA<br />
operates as a not-for-profit<br />
organisation, the consortium costs<br />
were kept to a minimum and the<br />
Health & Safety Executive, in<br />
conjunction with DEFRA, will soon<br />
be announcing the formal<br />
decisions on the applications for<br />
authorisations. The initial signs are<br />
very positive, and the SEA looks<br />
forward to assisting members in<br />
the future.<br />
Plans for <strong>2024</strong> include an<br />
industry conference to update<br />
members on all the latest<br />
developments, a UK stand at the<br />
German Surface Technology Show<br />
and continuation of the SEA<br />
Pavilion Stand and the Advanced<br />
Engineering Show. For further<br />
information please contact the SEA<br />
info@sea.org.uk with the subject<br />
SEA pavilion.<br />
If you wish to speak with us<br />
about membership, benefits, or<br />
anything else please get in touch<br />
on 0121 237 1123 or<br />
info@sea.org.uk.<br />
Surface Engineering Association<br />
Tel: 0121 237 1161<br />
info@sea.org.uk<br />
www.sea.org.uk<br />
<strong>Finishing</strong> Industries <strong>Yearbook</strong> – <strong>2024</strong> edition
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