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PRO INSTALLER NOVEMBER 2013
PRO NEWS
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THE COMPLETE ALUMINIUM
FABRICATION SERVICE
The fabrication arm of EAG, Multi Fab Ltd, has a hard earned and
well-established reputation across the UK for the fabricat ion of
architectural aluminium systems providing the highest level of
expertise, quality and reliability to its ever expanding customer base.
The business has
provided a complete
fabrication service
to the construction
industry for aluminium window, door and
curtain walling for the
past 25 years and, with
its new and significant
£500,000 CNC machining centre investment,
hopes to continue this
on for another 25 years
or more.
The business has 67 full
time fabricators across
two factories, one factory
in Mildenhall Suffolk and
the other in Attleborough
Norfolk. The business is
well geared for high volume
fabrication, which attracts
many main contractors for
their large scale building
projects. In addition to the
aluminium window, door
and curtain walling fabrication, Multi Fab also provides
sheet metalwork manufacturing, producing many
of the powder-coated and
anodised panels that can be
seen on building façades
across the country and particularly in London.
The company has recently
been employed by Mount
Anvil as specialist subcon-
tractor to provide feature
cladding and associated
elements to the building’s
façade as part of a new
build residential/commercial project on Union Street,
London. The scheme, spread
across three buildings, focuses on providing 85 new
homes with an additional
279sqm of commercial
space.
Charlie Dyce, Business
Development Director of
EAG, said “We have built
a strong working relationship with MA and their
architect over a lengthy
period in developing this
This investment helped
propel EAG to one of the
most capable facades contractors in the UK enhancing component accuracy
and doubling production
capacity. EAG’s fabrication
arm, Multi Fab Ltd, has just
commissioned this latest
investment from Emmegi,
in a state-of-the-art Quadra L1 machining centre.
This machine has the
most up-to-date in cutting
edge technology, providing enhancing component
fabrication and individual
part quality of the highest
standard.
‘Manufacturing good quality
aluminium units is much more
specialised than with other materials’
scheme and are delighted
to be able to bring it to
fruition, the quirky MGM
design will make this
a landmark building in
Southwalk, and another we
are pleased to add to our
portfolio”.
Work has already commenced on site and is
expected to be completed
early in 2014.
Way back in 1998, Mildenhall based façade contractor EAG was the first
fabricator in the UK to invest in a combined routing
and sawing CNC machining centre from specialist
Italian CNC machine tool
manufacturer Emmegi.
EAG’s Pre-Construction Director Edward Whipp said,
“In a time when the UK
façade industry has taken
a real bashing with many
of the major players going
out of business, it is exactly
the right time for the group
to be making this major
investment. As in the rest of
the economy, we are seeing
activity pick up and the increased quality and capacity
this new machining centre
will deliver will position us
perfectly to take advantage
of these increased opportunities. The new Quadra will
accelerate in house production and benefit our client
service”.
Multi Fab’s Nigel Woodhouse added, “Our new
investment shows our
ongoing commitment to
the construction industry
to provide good quality
products at a competitive
price. We are also saying we
are open for business and
here for the long term, so
whether a customer requires
just 1 window unit or 1000
units we can help.”
Multi Fab is also finding
that its supply only service
for aluminium bi-folding doors is proving very
popular with builders and
installers alike. “Manufacturing good quality aluminium units is much more
specialised than with other
materials,” says Nigel. “We
have expanded this side of
our production business
and now have some staff
dedicated to making just bifold doors.”
The new CNC machine
means new efficiencies with
faster lead times for specialised products. The company
has ambitious expansion
plans and owns additional
land at the Attleborough
location to be able to build
another factory.
It launched its renewable
energy division, ‘Eagle New
Energy’, from the site in
2010, which continues to
grow by providing specialised Solar PV and other
renewable energy solutions
to commercial building
projects.
Multi Fab Ltd is
multifaceted. Why not
give them a call for
your building façade
requirements. Telephone
01638 582112.
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