INDUSTRYNEWS
PHASED RETURN TO WORK
Customade Group has announced a phased reopening
of the business following the temporary
closure of sites in response to Covid-19.
» THE GROUP OPENED MOST OF ITS
sites on 4 May for order intakes and will phase
in manufacturing over the next few weeks.
It is the first step in a stringent strategy,
which has been developed to ensure the
safety and wellbeing of all the group’s staff
and customers during the pandemic. The
initial re-opening will operate with a selected
workforce to support customers’ immediate
requirements and the group will steadily
increase capacity in line with order volume.
The business will begin manufacturing
existing orders for Duraflex, REAL
Aluminium, Virtuoso Doors, and Atlas
Roofs from 11 May and will commence
manufacturing new orders from 18 May. It
will manufacture existing orders for Rehau
products from 18 May and new orders from
25 May. Existing orders for Eurocell, Halo
and Veka products will be manufactured from
25 May and new orders will be manufactured
from 1 June.
The group has implemented strict safety
and social distancing measures throughout
all sites to ensure the health and welfare of
employees and customers. All employees who
can work effectively from home will continue
to do so.
David Leng, Customade Group’s chief
executive officer, said: “We’ve spent the
last few weeks developing robust plans to
re-start the business in line with government
guidelines. The health and wellbeing of our
employees, customers and suppliers is our
priority and we have implemented a series
of strict safety protocols throughout the
business to enable a safe and phased return
to work. Existing orders will be managed first
with production increasing steadily over the
coming weeks to satisfy demand.
“There is no doubt that this pandemic
has affected lives and businesses in a way
we’ve never seen before and we will be doing
everything we can to support our valued
staff, customers and suppliers during this
challenging time. I’d like to thank everyone at
Customade for making our re-start possible
and all of our customers and suppliers for their
patience and understanding.”
The group has also developed a fully
managed business support package that
enables customers to promote their business,
generate and nurture leads and even price
and measure windows remotely during the
Covid-19 outbreak.
www.customade.co.uk
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