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» AFTER RESEARCHING the market, Pioneer Trading Company identified the Graf SLS Single Head CNC Cill Welder from Haffner as a genuine step-change in cill fabrication. The machine produces a perfectly seamless weld with fully automated sprue removal, eliminating the need for any post-weld cleaning or touch-ups and significantly improving fabrication efficiency. Its single-operator design further boosts productivity, while automatic measurement and recalibration of profile tolerances ensure consistent accuracy and reduced material waste.
Danny Williams, Managing Director at Pioneer Trading Company, said:“ I’ ve been in the industry for 36 years and during
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that time, manufacturing quality across most areas has improved beyond recognition, except when it comes to PVC-U cills. The same traditional methods are still being used today. The Graf SLS is an absolute game-changer. The finish quality is exceptional, it de-skills labour and the efficiency gains are outstanding. There’ s nothing like it on the market.
“ I was impressed by what I’ d read about the machine, but it wasn’ t until I visited the Haffner Village at FIT Show 2025 and saw the Graf SLS in action that I fully appreciated its capability. After just one weld cycle, I was sold and signed up there and then.” Danny was equally impressed with the service
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received from Haffner during the purchasing process. He said:“ Bryan Dando and the Haffner team have been exceptional; the whole process from order to installation has been seamless.”
Now fully installed and operational at Pioneer’ s Essex fabrication site, the response from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Danny added:“ The feedback has been excellent, and the quality of the cills we are now delivering are superb.”
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Bryan Dando, Commercial Director at Haffner, commented:“ Pioneer has always been known for its commitment to quality and forward-thinking investment. Danny immediately recognised how the Graf SLS could transform cill production. The SLS delivers outstanding accuracy and efficiency and we are delighted to support Pioneer as they continue to elevate their manufacturing standards.”
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» THE FIRST UK INSTALLAtion of Forterro’ s LogiKal MES production tracking system is now live at Chigwell Window Centre.
The trade, retail and commercial fabricator opted to install MES when it was planning its brand new 42000 sq ft production facility in Colchester to maximise efficiency and help achieve a paperless production environment.
Chigwell’ s Technical Manager Joe Perkins said:“ We had the opportunity with the brand new factory layout to achieve meaningful improvements in efficiency, and we felt that the
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new MES system could be key to that. It enables us to track our aluminium output in the same way as we already track our PVC-U, and give us really valuable insight into what is a fast growing part of our business.“ Having used LogiKal software for our aluminium processing for some time, we had faith in the product and were really pleased to win the race to be first in the UK.”
LogiKal MES is an advanced solution that integrates seamlessly with the LogiKal aluminium processing software, providing fabricators with complete visibility of their production – from material optimisation through to identifying and managing manufacturing deviations. It
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displays real-time tracking of jobs, order status, errors and solutions and allows for centralised control and reporting via an integrated dashboard, which can be accessed either in the factory or remotely 24 / 7.
The team from Forterro’ s BM Aluminium installed 12 MES barcode scanning terminals in the new Chigwell Windows factory to track items through all the machinery and
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fabrication stations. They also used the machine interface contained within the software to enable direct communication between the machines and the terminals, so that the start and end of every operation is automatically reported.
For Chigwell, one of the added benefits of MES is that it helps to provide the traceability required for the company’ s ISO9001 certification. Joe Perkins added:“ It’ s a robust system which will simplify our future ISO9001 audits, as well as obviously improving both internal and customer communication.”
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