Dualframe growth drives investment

New machining centre means full range of kit products produced by Sapa including the Dualframe horizontal and vertical sliding windows.

Sapa Building Systems has invested in a new, high speed, Elumatec SBZ140 four axis machining centre at its window manufacturing centre in Cheltenham to meet continuing increasing demands for its Dualframe system.

The new machine complements similar machining centres already installed at Sapa and is fully integrated into the company's operating systems to ensure orders are processed at a highly efficient rate following order entry.

The Elumatec machine is capable of producing window components far quicker than by existing methods and also carries out 'second operations' without having to move to another process and thus improves productivity, flexibility and therefore Sapa's ability to meet growing customer requirements for projects requiring large numbers of window or door kits.

The flexibility of the machining centre means that it can efficiently produce machined components for the full range of kit products produced by Sapa including the Dualframe horizontal and vertical sliding windows.

This is particularly important for Sapa as strong growth in the commercial sector in particular has meant customers are demanding a fast response whatever a project's specification requirement.

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