AWI Kicks Off 2019 with ‘Best Ever’ £1m+ Month
A leading UK manufacturing specialist is casting aside the uncertainty of Brexit by
recording its best ever month in its 73-year history.
Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies
more than 60 different ‘High Performance’
nickel alloys, has secured over £1.2m of sales
in January, shipping 339 individual orders to
customers in 27 different countries.
Boosted by a new quoting system, the company has
seen demand for its wire emanate from clients in
the automotive, aerospace, oil and gas and nuclear
sectors, with many citing AWI’s 3-week lead time
commitment as being crucial to their manufacturing
operations.
Despite all of the negativity of Brexit negotiations, a
significant proportion of new work has come from
within the EU.
Mark Venables, Managing Director, commented:
“2018 was our best ever year, with about £11m
of orders secured and delivered. We thought this
was good, but 2019 has got off to a flying start,
culminating in our first ever month where we have
enjoyed sales of £1m+.
resistance and/or excellent performance at high
temperatures.In order to build on the year-on-year
growth, the company has also signed off a £250,000
investment that will see the arrival of three new
machines to boost speed, repeatable quality and
capacity.
“We’ve just continued doing what we do best,
Angus Hogarth, Sales Director, concluded: “There’s no
providing over 60 ‘High Performance’ alloys in just
point basking in what we achieved in 2018, we need
three weeks…with repeated reliability.” He continued: to focus on where the market is going and make sure
“This is our business philosophy - a strategy focused
we are at the forefront of any changes.
on the combination of a significant stockholding,
a multi-skilled team and major investment in
“The spend for this year will go towards automating
supporting our sales teams that are located in more
part of the process and bringing in new technology
than 50 countries.
that will help us continue the production of high
quality wire - in varying sizes and volumes – even
“Our suppliers and customers have talked to us about quicker.
Brexit. We’ve been very open and proactive in these
discussions and this seems to be working.”
“Finally, there is also the small matter of going for
three major quality re-accreditations that will ensure
Alloy Wire International makes round, flat and
we continue to offer world class manufacturing
profile wire in a range of material that is growing by
performance across all of the industries we serve.”
the month, with more than 60 currently available
www.alloywire.com
to choose from, each offering superior corrosion
.
10 WIRE NEWS March 2019