GLASS&SEALEDUNITS
A blinding
success
» SPECIALIST INTEGRAL BLINDS
manufacturer Morley Glass & Glazing has
sustained at least 20% growth every year for the
past five years, including COVID-hit 2020.
The £18 million turnover business is the
largest manufacturer of sealed units with
ScreenLine® integral blinds inside in the
UK and provides its customers with free
delivery in just 10 working days, as well as full
technical, marketing and aftersales support.
Commenting on the growth of the
company, managing director Ian Short
says: “We’ve been in business for more
than 20 years and have a huge amount
of expertise and experience in
manufacturing Uni-Blind® sealed
units with integral blinds inside so
customers can be confident that
they will receive the highest quality
products, backed by a meaningful
warranty.
“Prior to the lockdown we were
manufacturing around 2,400 integral blinds a
week but recently this has risen to 3,500 per
week. This has been due to a combination of
some competitors not weathering the storm,
and the increased demand from homeowners
who have decided to invest in home
improvements after spending longer than
usual amounts of time in their homes during
lockdown.
“We have a close working relationship
with Pelini in Italy and offer the full range of
ScreenLine blinds to UK customers both for
residential and commercial projects.
“Our consistent growth demonstrates our
commitment in our high-quality manufacturing
processes, our investment in marketing and
customer service and also reflects the increased
demand from homeowners and commercial
developers for integral blinds – particularly for
bi-fold and sliding patio doors. Our focus is on
delivering added value to our customers who can
rely on us for the best quality products and the
best service.”
One of the latest service improvements
Morley Glass & Glazing has introduced is
FleetWizard, a new software system designed
to optimise the dispatch and delivery of its
popular Uni-blind sealed units with integral
blinds inside. The automated route planning
system gives the company a clear visual of its
weekly orders nationwide and enables it to
carry out easy load planning for its 26 vans that
takes into consideration both location and load
capacities, helping to save both time and fuel.
Ian says: “Fleet Wizard has been integrated
with the rest of our glass management
software, so our team is able to completely
trace jobs from the moment they’re ordered
right up to delivery. It also gives our customers
an easy way to track their order, and even
sends them accurate ETA emails that allow
them to better plan their own production
around their order’s arrival.”
Morley Glass & Glazing’s Uni-Blinds®
range provides the widest choice of integral
blinds in double and triple glazed units, with
all manual, solar and motorised versions
available in a wide range of colour options.
Its solar controlled blinds have
been given a stylish makeover and an
energy efficiency boost. Renamed the
“W Smart” system, the former W Swipe
system, is a range of venetian, pleated
or black-out blinds encapsulated within a
20, 22, 27, 29 or 32-mm cavity, equipped
with a 3.6V internal motor, and powered by
a lithium-ion battery housed in a restyled
battery module. The battery can be either
recharged via a micro-USB connector or
by means of an external solar panel, both
available as options. The blind can also be
controlled by a 99-channel remote control,
associated with the radio receiver that is
integrated in the battery module as standard.
The innovation brought by the new battery
module is not only about style, which was
developed by professional designers in Italy,
but also about the functionality of the device,
which has been improved by the introduction
of two L.E.D. arrows that intuitively show
the commands given to the blind through the
module or the need for recharging. The slim
size of the device (only 18 mm deep) allows
it to be placed on sliding windows, in vertical
or horizontal positions. The battery module
is available in a choice of four colours: silver,
white, anthracite grey, and black.
Morley Glass & Glazing also provides
unrivalled technical support for Uni-Blinds®
customers too, being the only UK supplier
of integral blinds to have dedicated customer
support engineers on the road. It also stocks
the largest range of ScreenLine® system spare
parts in Europe with £1 million of ScreenLine®
components available within 24 hours.
www.morleyglass.co.uk
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