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PRO INSTALLER OCTOBER 2014
PRO NEWS
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New GRP door
machinery
swings into
action
Phoenix Doors, part of
MASCO UK Window Group
Ltd, has increased its
manufacturing space and
invested significantly in
new production machinery
to take the company’s GRP
composite door manufacturing capability to the
next level of growth.
This includes an SCM CNC
Tech Z2 52D machining centre,
which joins two existing single-bed units at the company’s
enlarged GRP composite doorsite. An additional edge bander
is due to be delivered later this
year.
Capable of prepping two
doors in tandem, the Tech Z2
adds greater precision and flexibility to their weekly production capacity, increasing it up
to 50% on current levels. This
additional capability also allows
for more planned maintenance
across the entire composite
door manufacturing operation.
Haydon Statham, Phoenix
Doors’ Sales Director, said:
“With the strength of the MASCO Group behind us, we are
continuing to invest in machinery, systems and people to deliver the best possible products
and customer service.”
“The new CNC machining centre is an important investment
for us as we continue to grow,
while giving us the ability to
meet shorter lead times. It also
gives us seamless continuous
production without any downtime.
In response to its sustained
growth, Phoenix Doors now
employs two full-time service
engineers looking after machin-
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