14 | AUGUST 2020
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7 THINGS AL-BET-U DIDN’T
KNOW ABOUT ALUMATE
Five years ago, three men set up an
aluminium company in Porth, Wales -
after 12 months of careful research and
preparation - hoping to bring the ‘ethos
of uPVC’ to the aluminium sector.
Just over four months ago that same
company moved to the next valley to
a larger premises, six days before a
national lockdown. And if you need
another figure to get your head around,
here are seven things you might not
know about our friends at Alumate…
All from Alumate
It could easily be argued that
the relatively recent surge in
popularity for residential aluminium
is mostly down to the bi-fold
door and the highly-sought after
‘Grand Designs’ look. There’s
more to Alumate than the bi-fold
door however. In fact, with a
full product portfolio of doors,
windows, sliding doors, (and bifolds,
of course) from AluK, and
uPVC options, plus a Eurocell
catalogue, including the Skypod,
Alumate has all the ingredients
for a complete project whether
it is a one-product replacement,
an entire refit, a new build, or
any other job. In fact, with the
huge uptake in extra living
spaces - such as home offices,
home gyms, home schools, home
holidays(!) - a complete orangery
could be specified entirely from
Alumate; they’ll even order the
glass for you.
The gift of ‘site’
For fantastic fitters that have
the client base and the skill-set to
sell and install larger pieces such
as bi-fold doors but physically
can’t get the product to the project,
Alumate is happy to deliver
to the site in unmarked transport
with no trade paperwork. This
means the job is still ‘all yours’,
Alumate just assists in the all-important
logistical component of
getting the pieces to the right
place. And, if you’ve ever had
to turn down a job based on a
practical implication such as not
having a big enough van, you can
now start to pitch for those projects
hassle-free without the need
to go van shopping.
A love for local
A willingness to ‘go the extra
mile’ for the customer, literally,
when it comes to on-site delivery
is juxtaposed by an eagerness
to keep it local when it comes
to suppliers. In fact, while ‘Buy
British’ is an overall motto used
at Alumate, they even go one step
further - or should that be one
step nearer - by always trying to
choose the closest option wherever
possible, even when it isn’t
the cheapest. Finding the value in
supporting fellow local businesses
is at the heart of the material
sourcing endeavours at Alumate
and as the past few years have
demonstrated - namely Brexit and
the Covid-19 pandemic - having a
pool of trusted partners that are
closer to home will always pay
off in the long run.