Clearview National March 2016 - Issue 172 | Page 106

MACHINERY

MADE IN BRITAIN
Total automation from Ashton Industrial
exported all over the world
»»OVER 80% OF THE
heavy duty glass processing
machinery manufactured at
Ashton Industrial’s Essex factory
finds itself in shipping containers
headed to all points of the
compass. Export markets are of
great importance to the company
which enjoys a very strong
presence in the Middle East and
North Africa and dominates the
USA and Canadian markets for
automated arrissing solutions
where most of the major glass
manufacturing and processing
groups have placed multiple
orders over the years.
A network of regional sales
representatives operates around
the world under the supervision
of a Global Sales Coordinator.
These provide face to face
advice to customers in their
own language to compliment
the technical support provided
directly from Ashton’s HQ.
The network is constantly
being expanded and refined to
accommodate special needs of
local markets.

In the UK market support,
advice and technical backup are
provided by skilled staff directly
from Ashton Industrial’s Harlow
base. Telephone and online
modem support are available
alongside a speedy spare parts
service and the availability of
technicians that can be on site on
a next-day basis in many cases.
Various prestigious UK clients
have given permission to be
featured on Ashton Industrial’s
interactive web pages, which
can be visited on www.ashtonindustrial.com and include among
many others two high speed
installations for Anglian Home
Improvements, a 5m x 2.5m line
with automatic batch building at
System 3 Glass, and the story
of County Glass who purchased
the very first automatic arrissing
line in 1998, and recently partexchanged it for a new one… the
used line was overhauled, sold

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