Clearview National May 2017 - Issue 186 | Page 140

HARDWARE
QUARTER OF MILLION POUND INVESTMENT
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manufacturer, Kingfisher PVCu
Windows and Doors Ltd has
invested more than a quarter
of a million pounds in new
production equipment at its
existing factory in Drighlington,
near Leeds, West Yorkshire.
But, the introduction of
the four new manufacturing
units that have already been
put into the production
process, are not part of the
major planned development
due to be announced later
this year. These have been
bought and commissioned
solely to maintain the quality
of the products currently
being manufactured from their
existing site.
Stuart Moss, Production
Director with Kingfisher
Windows, said: “We have
a rolling programme for
decommissioning machinery and
renewing it prior to it causing
quality issues that would impact
on our end user. These four new
machines were simply purchased
as part of that rolling programme
for Quality Control.”
Included in this sizeable
investment were two, in-line, four
headed Rotox Horizontal welders
and an Emmegi Phantomatic
M3 CNC machining centre for
their PVCu production as well
as a Biesse Rov