AWI Breaks £10m Sales Barrier
After Trio of New Contracts
Major new orders to supply into the aerospace,
petrochemical and nuclear sectors have helped a
UK manufacturer smash the £10m barrier for the
first time in its 72-year history.
Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies
more than 60 different ‘High Performance’
alloys, has seen sales increase by £3m since
2016 and puts the sustained expansion
down to its ability to offer 3-week lead times
and the growing demand for its Emergency
Manufacturing Service.
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material has come from every corner of the globe…I
think at the last count we were exporting to 55
countries.
The company has also invested heavily in its stock,
with 200 tonnes now available at any one time – the
largest holding it has ever held. “In order to cope with the increase in volumes we
have taken on three new people in sales and in
the dry drawing department, whilst investment
in bespoke machinery and an ever growing
international list of sales offices gives us an ideal
platform to grow sales even further at our sites in the
West Midlands and in Yorkshire.”
Mark Venables, Managing Director, commented:
“The recovery in oil and gas has certainly been one of
the highlights of recent months and interest for our He continued: “We have a fantastic team who all
know our strategy and work very hard to continually
maintain the high standards the AWI name has
WIRE NEWS June 2018