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Doors & Windows

‘ Ever increasing order book’ leads to new premises

» CHIGWELL WINDOW Centre, one of the South East’ s leading manufacturers and installers of premium home improvement products is moving its entire production and distribution operations to a brand new, and much larger premises in Colchester.
For the past ten years CWC has been based at the
Hainault Business Park with its four factories and distribution hub occupying several different sites in the area. The new 45000 sq ft building at Centurion Business Park in Colchester will enable the company to bring all its manufacturing and distribution facilities under one roof, doubling capacity,
significantly speeding up production and at the same time reducing the company’ s carbon foot print.
Dean Floyd, Chigwell Window Centre CEO says.“ We have expanded so much in recent years that we have now outgrown our current home. We started to look for new premises late last year to enable CWC to service our ever increasing order book and found this brand new business park in Colchester. Its location, directly adjacent to the A120 will open up new areas in the East of the country for us to target as well cementing our position as one of the leading window and door manufacturers in the South East and beyond.”
The move to Centurion Business Park marks a huge
investment of around £ 4m for Chigwell Window Centre which includes the new premises, which are double the size of CWC’ s current home, investment in new state of the art equipment and employing more staff to meet the increased manufacturing capacity.
Sunny Singh, Chigwell Window Centre Managing Director says.“ Despite all the challenges businesses have faced in recent years we are all so proud to see how far the company has grown in such a relatively short time. Everyone is really excited, and we can’ t wait to be up and running at Centurion Park and see how far we can take CWC in the next 10 years.”
www. chigwellwindowcentre. co. uk

Doors open on new hardware HQ

» IN THE LATEST CHAPTER OF ITS impressive growth strategy, independent hardware supplier Total Hardware has just moved into new purpose-built premises in Leeds.
Chris Pell, General Manager at Total Hardware, said:“ This is a great start to our 21st year in business … Our new headquarters doubles our capacity, positioning us to meet future demand and continue our legacy of quality and service.
“ The new purpose-built offices and warehousing distribution centre is ten times the size of the original Total Hardware premises. The move is somewhat over-due as we have customers waiting to come on board with us, but we had to be certain the move was conducted without any disruption to existing customer supply.
“ We always say we’ re as passionate about the service we offer as we are about the quality of our products. It’ s taken us to where we are today.
“ The new facility allows us the additional capacity for growth, increasing stock holding and allowing product range expansion as the company continues to develop its extensive range of in-house designed and tested products.”
The new facility marks the latest chapter in an impressive history of growth for Total Hardware. The hardware specialist organisation started in 2004 growing to now become the largest independently owned hardware suppliers in the industry Total Hardware is renowned for its wide range of window and door hardware products including its Quantum range, Superior 25 stainless steel collection, Duration and the new Apex range of premium quality hardware.
Alongside its own product lines, Total Hardware also offers a comprehensive portfolio from leading worldwide hardware manufacturers at prices that enable its customers to maintain their competitive advantage.
To ensure service continually exceeds customer expectations, the company believes in continuous investment in its infrastructure, as this latest move demonstrates. It allows Total Hardware to hold bespoke stocks for its growing customer base, smoothing market fluctuations and continuing to provide market leading OTIF levels on next day deliveries nationwide.
www. totalhardware. co. uk
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