Surface World July 2020 Handbook | Page 166

PRE-TREATMENT SOLUTIONS Pre-Treatment Solutions – proud suppliers to Warren Services Warren Services was founded in 1990 and is based in Thetford Norfolk It is a family run business with circa 100 employees offering high quality manufacture of mechanical / electrical assemblies to agreed schedules offering turnkey solutions in engineering and design. Factory one located in Fison Way is split into CNC machining, welding, fabrication and finishing and water jet, laser and folding. In 2014 we completed and opened our second site, just around the corner at Brickfields, this gave us a further 50,000 sq ft. This has given us the space to move our assembly processes over and allows for further development. The second site was able to facilitate larger assemblies and that is where the Qualicoat journey started. Securing a large contract for the manufacture and assembly of balconies built with Aluminium architectural design for apartment buildings was the first step. Once underway the board embarked on a project to carry out Qualicoat approved Powder Coating. The advantages being: 1) Cost Saving, we realised that you pay a premium for Qualicoat approved Powder Coating and this was being specified more and more. As we were manufacturing parts transport costs to and from the powder coat contractors bit into our margins. We had to carry excess inventory to allow for parts to be sent away for coating. 164 2020 - 2021 read online: www.surfaceworld.com