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£3m Move To New Factory
Everglade Windows has completed a £3m move to a new factory, more than 4 times the size of its old manufacturing plant. It means the Kommerling fabricator will be able to double its current output.
Everglade Windows has completed a £3m move to a new factory which is more than four times the size of its old manufacturing plant It means the Kommerling fabricator will be able to double its current output from 500 windows a week to 1,000 within six months
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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And the new 43,000 square foot factory has capacity for 2,000 units, meaning there is plenty of room for expected further growth in Everglade's trade, commercial and domestic refurbishment retail business.
Currently just over 30 people are employed at Everglade, and Managing Director Vinod Gopal says they are looking to increase production staff by around six in the near future.
"Also, we're planning to carry on with our investment programme in new plant and machinery to bring even more added efficiencies into the manufacturing process." At the moment Everglade runs four production lines, with plans for a fifth which will be dedicated to the company's growing conservatory business.
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The new factory is just 500 yards from their old premises on the Silicon Business Centre at Perivale, Greenford, in North West London.
The production floor comprises around 30,000 square fteet, with the rest of the space being used for offices and a showroom.
Everglade, which has been in business for 25 years, is a leading manufacturer of the Kommerling GOLD 58mm, 70mm and Connoisseur window systems in London and the South East.
To coincide with the move to its new factory Everglade has updated its image with a new logo.
"We needed new stationery, along with sign-writing for the premises and vehicles.
And as we'd had our old logo for 15 years we thought we'd give it a fresh look and get an updated image," says Vinod Gopal.
The more modern approach to our logo makes a bolder statement about Everglade and our expansion." And Everglade considerably raised its profile with installers, when, for the first time in its history, it exhibited at Glassex this year.
Sales Manager Neil Clark said the exhibition far exceeded expectations in raising their profile and increasing the customer base.
"We had around 100 strong, good quality leads.
We have every intention of exhibiting there again next year." Another milestone came for Everglade when the company recently gained BS7950 enhanced security accreditation on its three Kommerling systems fitted with Winkhaus King Cobra casement shootbolts.
The windows were tested at the UKAS independent test facility run by Winkhaus Laboratories Ltd.
As well as fitting Cobra shootbolts on its windows, Everglade uses Scorpion Multi-point locking systems for its doors.
Vinod Gopal says: "Our installation customers demand windows and doors which meet the very latest standards of the Police Secured by Design initiative, and withstand all forces applied in PAS023/024.
Our research showed that the Winkhaus style and security was the perfect partner for us." Martin James, Business Development Manager for Winkhaus, says: "When combining a well-fabricated Kommerling casement window, together with quality German hardware, the BS7950 standard is within easy reach.".
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