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News Release from: Yellowpatter | Subject: CNC punching/folding facility
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2006
Sheet metal fabricator invests GBP 1.7m
A leading bespoke UK sub-contract sheet metal fabricator is expanding with a GBP 1.7 million investment and has already secured a major eight-year contract from a furniture manufacturer.
Yellowpatter, one of the UK's leading bespoke sub-contract sheet metal fabricators, is expanding with a GBP 1.7 million investment in a new facility in Dunstable, Bedfordshire and has already secured a major eight-year contract from a local furniture manufacturer The new 40,000ft2 factory, which complements Yellowpatter's existing premises in Storrington, West Sussex, is creating 25 jobs locally and was funded in part by a grant from the European Union
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Managing director Stuart Bishop said the company is ready for expansion.
"We have been serving a whole range of businesses seeking specialist metal items for over 30 years, but we are outgrowing our existing premises.
This new site provides us with the ability to install the very latest equipment so we can provide the best possible service to our existing and new customers." Among state-of-the-art equipment in the new factory is the Amada EM2510NT - claimed to be the world's fastest CNC punch press.
This is believed to be the first use of this new machine in the UK.
Another piece of equipment new to the UK is the Amada TBZ panel bender.
This is a radical departure from conventional automatic bending systems, according to Yellowpatter's production director John Tewsley: "This equipment is very flexible, allowing us to make changes to its program and also checking the profile of the fabricated part automatically.
Using it, we can bend steel from 180 deg to 45 deg up or down, as well as hemming and radius bending.
What is more, it can switch to new products without losing time for set-up or warm-up - another saving for our customers - it can even fabricate a rolled hinge." A custom-designed unified pre-treatment and painting line has also been installed, further automating processes, providing for faster throughput, reduced costs and a high-quality finish.
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