Clearview National November 2019 - Issue 216 | Page 54

ALUMINIUMEXTRA
Major Investment at Washington Facility
» » MIKRON® WILL ADD 10 NEW STATE-
of-the-art extrusion lines from Extrunet,
improving operations to better support
customer demand.
Quanex Building Products has announced
a major investment in its Mikron® brand of
uPVC window and door profiles in the form
of new, state-of-the-art extrusion equipment at
its Kent, Washington, facility.
The advanced manufacturing lines are
sourced from Extrunet, an Austria-based
company specialising in industry-leading
extrusion technology. Once complete, this
facility will be one of the most advanced
extrusion operations in North America.
Bob Daniels, president, North American
Fenestration, Quanex Building Products
comments: “By driving new efficiency in our
manufacturing capabilities, our customers will
experience the benefits firsthand in the form
of improved production stability and overall
customer experience.”
The new lines are fully digitised, enabling
the production team’s unprecedented insight
into relevant data and analytics to help drive
manufacturing efficiencies at every level.
Quanex will continuously pursue Industry
4.0 manufacturing strategies that this new
equipment enables.
“This is also an investment in our people,”
Daniels continued. “The new equipment will
be first and foremost safer, easier to work with,
featuring cleaner, quieter and more sustainable
operations for an improved plant floor
environment.”
www.quanex.com
FOM HAFFNER TO ITALY
» » LEADING MACHINERY
expert Haffner Murat has just
announced it will be supplying
Fom Industrie aluminium
fabrication machinery.
Italy’s Fom Industrie is part
of the worldwide FomGroup
and has an outstanding product
offering. Dave commented:
“The scale of Fom means they
are able to keep a wide range of
machines in stock at any one
time. Furthermore, there’s often
a rapid deployment time, so
customers can be up and running
quickly. The technical support
on offer is also exceptional –
Fom invests in regular training
and updates for its staff – and it
shows.”
Fom Industrie machinery
complements an already
impressive machinery line up
from Haffner Murat.
It is the sole UK agent of
Haffner Murat Machinery, which
designs innovative and high
quality engineered products at
competitive industry prices. It is
also the UK’s official agent for
the Italian range of ITALMAC
aluminium fabrication
machinery, which combines the
latest technology with skilled
engineering. And alongside its
new machinery ranges, Haffner
Murat also offers high quality
reconditioned machinery.
www.haffnermurat.com
GLAZIERS STARRY-EYED WITH NEW SYSTEM
» » IN JUNE, CLEARVIEW GLAZIERS WAS
one of the first fabricators to manufacture
Stellar, the brand new aluminium window and
door system from Epwin Window Systems.
Robin Squibb of Clearview Glaziers
reports: “It seems like aluminium windows
should have always been this way. No horrible
adapters everywhere just clean, neat lines. It
really is straightforward to manufacture.”
Stellar was designed from scratch to deliver
the next generation of aluminium windows
and doors with no compromise. It is aimed
at the retail and light commercial sectors and,
as Robin reports, has everything those sectors
demand. For example, it has the slimmest
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sightlines on the market – it’s at least 30%
slimmer than the main competing systems
and has a 12% larger glass area. It’s a unique
patent-pending pre-gasketed system that
saves up to 20% on fabrication time and has
patent-pending knock-in beads that speed up
glazing and leave a clean gasket line on the
inside.
Plus, it’s the only aluminium system on
the market to offer a Fully Flush Casement
Window, with flush lines inside and out.
www.stellaraluminiun.co.uk
www.clearviewglaziers.com
www.clearviewbuyonline.co.uk