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    Jade resolves foil issues over transom groover

    Jade Engineering has overcome a technical issue common to transom groovers which had long been the cause of irritating delays in processing foiled frames. The company says its TG300 machine ‘has been given a new...

    Framexpress puts £330k into welders

    Framexpress has invested over £300,000 in a new Urban SV 500 Corner Cleaner, Urban AKS1860/4 Verti Quad Welder and Urban AKS 5550 Inline Welder at its 50,000sqft Telford manufacturing facility. Joint MD Stuart Green said:...

    Efficiencies up by a half with near-million upgrade at JFP

    Huddersfield-based John Fredericks (JFP) has seen efficiencies improved by almost 50% as well as an extra 100 frames a day output, after a near-million-pound investment in new equipment from Total Machine Services. The investment includes...

    Elumatec and Emmegi join forces in Voilàp ‘One Company’ move

    Elumatec (UK) and Emmegi (UK) have announced plans for a formal collaboration in the UK market, as part of the ‘One Company’ approach by the owning Voilàp Group. Ian Latimer and Neil Parton, MDs of...

    BWS adds 30% to output with SMR-4 welder from Haffner

    when Trade and retail fabricator BWS Windows needed to upgrade two ageing welders, it turned to Hafner with the purchase of a new SMR-4 Four-Headed Welder from Haffner. Owner Raj Jhall said: “We needed to...

    Sternfenster puts £800k into a Schirmer

    Sternfenster has invested £800,000 in a new Schirmer cutting and machining centre as part of its PVC-U fabrication line. Sales director Nathan Court said: “Our key strategy in recent years has been all about putting...

    Jade sees four-fold demand quadruple after Duraflex closure

    Coventry-based Jade Engineering says demand for new tooling has grown four-fold in the wake of the closure of Duraflex PVCu extrusion, as fabricators hurried to equip themselves for new systems. “We don’t like to see...

    ‘Increasing output within 48 hours’

    When Stellar fabricator Prestige Aluminium bought a Fom Industrie FMC 120 machining centre from Haffner, the machine was up and running within 48 hours, helping the company to increase its manufacturing output and improve efficiencies.  This...

    Jade packs a punch for Selectaglaze

    Jade Engineering has provided secondary glazing manufacturer Selectaglaze with two bespoke punch tools to process the company’s heavier-duty profiles. Previous commissions by Selectaglaze included an initial single punch tool, followed by an end miller that...

    ‘Chosen out of five manufacturers’

    Secondary glazing manufacturer Selectaglaze has invested in an FMC 340 CNC Machining Centre from Fom Industrie. Head of production Duncan Saunders said: “Selectaglaze aims to have the best quality machinery that makes manufacturing efficient and...