Machinery
BACK-TO-BACK WIN FOR MACHINERY COMPANY |
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» LEADING MACHINERY experts Haffner , which took the title in the Machinery Company category at the 2020 awards , was again confirmed the winner of the 2021 award . The Haffner team collected their awards at the gala event held at Doncaster racecourse on Saturday 6th November . The event was the first of its kind , with award presentations being made to the 2020 winners and live announcements and presentations of the NFA 2021 awards .
Dave Thomas , Managing Director of Haffner , said : “ 2021 has been an extremely busy and somewhat challenging year for the industry but we have continued to invest in our business to keep pace with the demand for our automated machines .
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“ This has included several largescale investments being made across the business and an increase in staff to support our growth . The investments have kept us ahead of the curve and allowed us to deliver the much-needed automated machines to our customers as quickly as possible .”
Haffner is a team of industry and technical machine experts who really understand the fabrication industry and the company offers the largest and most comprehensive PVC-U and aluminium fabrication machinery portfolio in the industry . It has an exclusive supply partnership with Italianmachine innovators , Graf Synergy , which is well-known for its world class seamless welding technology and
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patented welding techniques . Haffner is also the sole UK agent of Haffner Machinery , which designs innovative and high-quality engineered products at competitive industry prices and supplies a range of aluminium fabrication machines from worldwide machine-giants , Fom Industries . Italy ’ s Fom Industrie is part of the worldwide FomGroup and has an outstanding product range offering the widest choice of quality machines with competitive lead times .
The company works closely with fabricators of all sizes to offer the best in machinery quality and reliability – something that ’ s just been proved with this second industry award win .
www . haffnermurat . com
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Long-term investment continues with 30,000ft 2 expansion plan and new machinery
» GLASS MANUFACTURER , TUFFX , has applied for planning permission to increase its Knowsley premises by a further 30,000ft 2 in the latest stage of its extensive , long-term expansion plans . Combined with its existing 80,000ft 2 facility , the proposed addition will bring the total factory area to a substantial 110,000ft 2 .
The move , made in response to continuing high demand for TuffX ’ s products , follows the addition of an extra 10,000ft 2 of factory space earlier this year , allowing the company to ramp-up production of its increasingly popular Infinity range of rooflights and walk-on glass units .
Further investment to ‘ future-proof ’ the business comes in the form of new machinery including a third cutting line , a fourth glass furnace , a second screen printing machine and a third insulated glass ( IG ) line .
This comes after the purchase of a new Bovone SLE machine , made earlier this year , as well as recent investment in a state-ofthe-art Glaston RC Series furnace and Bottero cutting line , as part of TuffX ’ s ongoing commitment to increase both throughput and efficiency .
Managing director , Graham Price , said : “ We ’ re making this latest investment in our premises , which we hope will be completed by Autumn 2022 , to keep up with the continuing demand for both our processed glass products and our popular Infinity range . This , combined with our further investment in machinery , will allow us to continue offering TuffX customers the efficient , high-quality and reliable service they know , expect and deserve , despite the challenging market conditions the industry is currently facing .”
With a consistent track-record of investment in recent years , the new developments form the latest part of the leading toughened glass specialist ’ s long-term plan for growth . As well as factory expansion and machinery purchases , this has included the recruitment of more staff and the addition of three new 13-tonne Mercedes trucks to the TuffX fleet , bringing the total number of TuffX vehicles on the road to 34 .
www . tuffxglass . co . uk
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