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MARCH 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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Apeer Gets 2014 Off To Flying Start
Last year’s surge in sales continues.
Apeer Doors has added a
further CNC machine to its
rapidly expanding Ballymena production facility,
making a total of seven
milling machines available
for the manufacture of its
technologically advanced
composite doors.
‘There is an
incredibly upbeat
feel to the business
right now – and
some exciting new
initiatives to come’
Representing a five figure investment, the new machine is the
latest move to support Apeer’s
booming order books: the company experienced a phenomenal
surge in sales during the second
half of 2013 and has enjoyed a
flying start to 2014.
“The January to March period
is traditionally a fairly steady
time but the New Year got off
to an incredibly busy start,” said
Apeer marketing manager Linda
Tomb.
“We wouldn’t normally expect
to be this busy until nearer Easter
so our production managers have
been working hard on our lead
times and a lot of IT-based procedures have been put in place to
further improve our efficiencies.”
The growth in business follows
the launch last year of Apeer’s
latest Diamond Doors and all-new
MODO collection. It led to a major
recruitment drive with new staff
taken on at all levels to support a
doubling of production capacity.
Said Linda: “Our investment in
production capacity remains ongoing. There is an incredibly upbeat
feel to the business at the moment
and we have a number of exciting
new initiatives in the pipeline for
2014.”
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