Anglian Windows Group – still Britain’s largest and best known manufacturer and installer of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories – has invested £4 million in a new facility specially dedicated to the newbuild market.

Officially opened on 12th October, the 57,000 square foot factory, located at the Mayfield Centre in Rochdale, Lancashire, will be dedicated solely to the manufacture and distribution of windows and doors for UK housebuilders, and is already capable of producing around 2000 units per week on a single shift. This, of course, is on top of the current 14,000 units per week product capacity making a total of 16,000 products per week.

The Rochdale facility is the new manufacturing home for Anglian Tradelines Division, the arm of the company dedicated to newbuild customers. The division already counts some of the UK’s top housebuilders amongst its regular customers, including George Wimpey Homes, Persimmon, Taylor Woodrow and Bellway Homes. The new factory will see closer links established between the manufacturing and distribution aspects of the Tradelines Division, and forms a vital part of the development of Anglian’s newbuild strategy, offering an enhanced service to housebuilders.

Considerable investment – around £1.5 million – has been made in automated production line for the manufacture of white and foiled profile doors, tilt/turn and casement windows. The new line can produce up to 600 units per week in one shift. In addition, a more flexible traditional manual manufacturing line produces 1400 units per week in one shift. By doubling shifts, the new factory has a potential capacity of over 4,000 units per week.

Anglian chose the Rochdale site as an opportunity to re-locate its workforce from its small former factory in nearby Whitworth. The dedicated Rochdale team of 80 staff is already familiar with the specialist newbuild product.

Stig Hansen, Managing Director of Anglian Tradelines and Manufacturing Division, believes that the new facility will kick-start huge growth for the company’s newbuild business:

‘Now, we can prove to the burgeoning UK house building market that we are vertically integrated Division and have complete control over all processes: initial design, profile extrusion, sealed-unit manufacture, fabrication, distribution, installation and after-sales care, all under one roof and offered by one organisation. This will be a massive benefit to UK newbuild customers.’

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Glass Age