Machinery investment
Merseyside-based fabricator Total Glass is gearing up for a busy 2011 having invested substantially in new processing machinery from Emmegi (UK) and Dubus for both its aluminium and PVC-U window and door production.
Investment at its 100,000ft2 modern Liverpool factory includes the Emmegi Phantomatic CNC machining centre and a Twin Electra Sun, a twin-head cutting-off machine, plus the third Dubus machining centre in as many years, supplied by Wegoma GB.
The Emmegi machines are mainly dedicated to the production of the award-winning Total Glass high-security aluminium communal entrance door. Robust and capable of withstanding the toughest inner-city locations, this door won Product/Innovation of the Year in the 2010 Builder & Engineer Awards and has been widely praised by the social housing sector. It was also shortlisted as Product of the Year in the Housing Excellence Awards 2010.
The Emmegi machines are noticeably increasing production efficiency, enabling Total Glass to meet rising demand for the communal entrance door from Housing Associations and social housing providers throughout the UK.
Total Group managing director, Frank Deary said: “This investment has been triggered by ongoing product development across our aluminium operations, which has been very much led by the communal door and additions to this range. The speed, accuracy and user-friendliness of both machines have streamlined the preparation, cutting and machining processes to make us ultra-efficient and price-competitive.
