Morley Glass has invested over £750,000 to increase its capacity for manufacturing its Uni-Blinds integrated window and door blinds by a further 50% in response to strong annual growth.
A new production line has been installed by long-standing machinery partner Best Makina, making three dedicated production lines in all, enabling the company to manufacture up to 6,000 integral blind units a week.
Ian Short, MD of Morley Glass says: “It was only four years ago that we made our last major investment in our manufacturing capacity, but the strength of growth that we have seen for Uni-Blinds, particularly over the past two years, has exceeded our expectations. This required us to commission further new machinery earlier than we had anticipated to ensure we stay ahead of the curve.
“Importantly, it gives our factory the capacity we need to respond to the growth in Uni-Blinds sales over the coming years and supports our change of focus to being 100% an integral blind unit manufacturer. With sustained long term growth over two decades and recent annual growth of around 50%, we know how important it is not to rest on our laurels and we are already planning ahead for the next investments.”
The addition of new production lines follows a number of other recent investments by the company. In the second half of 2021, it replaced its machinery for processing post-consumer waste glass for recycling with a new automated plant capable of handling much larger volumes.
