Pride in Regeneration
March 2016

As a Midlands-based firm, Powdertech (Corby) Ltd has been very pleased to work on the £1 billion regeneration of Longbridge, near Birmingham, the former site of many innovators in motor engineering. A 14,000 square metre Marks & Spencer is the flagship store, with a five-hundred space multi-storey car park.

Powdertech Corby powder coated over 5000 square metres of perforated  screen panels and 150 / 400mm aerofoil blades  with  high performance Syntha Pulvin powder. Large 'blades' form a distinctive feature across the M&S store front and perforated aluminium panels and smaller blades surround the six-storey car park to the rear.

Careful handling and packaging of the relatively flimsy 3.0m by 1.3m panels was necessary to avoid bending or dents. Powdertech liaised with the other supply-chain contractors to “pull” the  fabricated panels through the system thus reducing overall lead-times.

"We wanted to take full responsibility for our part of this project, overseeing collection and delivery as well as powder coating." said Sales & Marketing Director, Richard Besant.

Coatings with twenty-five year guarantees against corrosion and deterioration in colour were specified. RAL 7012 basalt grey was used for the car park and for the store front blades, RAL7048 pearl grey.

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