Double capacity target
20th June 2017

STERNFENSTER has continued its investment programme with the purchase of the FOM LMT65 aluminium machining and cutting centre for its £3.6 million, purpose built and aluminium manufacturing facility launched at the beginning of this year.

Purchased from and supplied by the Promac Group, the FOM LMT65 is aimed at doubling its bi-fold door capacity and cutting manufacturing and lead times.

Sternfenster Trade Sales Manager Nathan Court National said: “We see a significant opportunity and growth in aluminium, particularly bi-folding doors but also windows and entrance doors.

“The LMT65 gives us considerably increased capacity but also in reducing the manual touch points in production, allows us to improve quality and drive major efficiencies throughout our operation, maximizing utilization of bar length and minimizing wastage.”

The LMT65 features a multi-spindle preparation unit with 360? variable angle access to all four sides of the profile. This is automatically linked to the sawing unit which features a 650mm diameter blade with electronic tilt control.

“Production are working towards batching up to 30 doors at a time. Massively increasing our return on materials but also doubling our potential manufacturing capacity”, Nathan continued.

“This puts us in a position to offer lead times of as little as three-days, while also significantly increasing quality and efficiency. These are advantages that we can pass on directly to our customers in increased flexibility, improved product quality and opportunities for higher margin sales”, he said.

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