Patios Southwest has dropped dual sourcing of its PVC-U patio sliding door system and opted for Deceuninck as sole supplier after seeing the system move up to take 95% of demand.
The Newton Abbot-based company had dual sourced for a number of years, but the company found that increasing numbers of customers were moving over to the Slider 24+ system from Deceuninck to benefit from a number of features on offer.
General manager Stuart Prior explained: “The key drivers are the excellent colour offer and the industry-beating lead times. Deceuninck has more than 30 colours in stock, all ready to go. So even if we wanted something like Agate Grey, we can order it and get our products out of the door in two weeks.”
The final development that led to the move was the introduction of the sculptured sash, he added: “We had a handful of customers who relied on a sculptured sash for some of their sales, so when Deceuninck introduced a sculptured sash earlier this year, the reasons for have two systems running side by side disappeared.
“We’ve now informed our customers of our decision to move over the Deceuninck 100%, and we’ve only had positive feedback.”
Deceuninck’s Slider24+ is manufactured at the company’s facility in Calne, Wiltshire. It is PAS24 secured, is energy rated at A+, is available with a low threshold, and comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Deceuninck’s MD Rob McGlennon added: “We are very excited for Patios Southwest. They manufacture up to 150 patio doors each week, and more than half of that is colour – so they’ve definitely found their niche.”
