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HAFFNER ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAF SYNERGY Leading machinery experts Haffner has announced an exclusive supply partnership with Italian-machine innovators, Graf Synergy. The new partnership will give Haffner the largest and most comprehensive machine portfolio in the industry and further consolidate Graf Synergy’s presence in the UK fenestration market.
which designs innovative and high-quality engineered products at competitive industry prices. It also supplies a range of aluminium fabrication machines from worldwide machine-giants, Fom Industries. Italy’s Fom Industrie is part of the worldwide FomGroup and has an outstanding product range offering the widest choice of quality machines with competitive lead times.
Speaking on the new exclusive partnership, Dave Thomas, Haffner’s Managing Director, said: “Graf Synergy offers state-of-the-art automated machinery at every level. By working with Graf Synergy, we’ll be able to offer even more choice to fabricators and further cement our position as the go-to machinery experts.”
Haffner is renowned as the company with the expertise and experience fabricators turn to when they want to increase efficiency and output. The company has a team of ten service engineers to help support their customer base and has recently commissioned several large-scale investments, including doubling the size of their Staffordshire headquarters, adding a new 1,990 sqm showroom extension and opening a new 37,000 sqm purpose-built factory in Istanbul, Turkey as part of its impressive growth strategy.
Graf Synergy has an outstanding product offering and delivers a range of machines for both aluminium and PVC-U fabrication. It is well-known for its world class seamless welding technology and patented welding techniques, increasing both fabrication efficiencies and delivering superior product quality. Dave commented: “The scale of Graf Synergy and the technical innovation behind all their machines complements our comprehensive machine offer perfectly and will help us drive the next level in cutting-edge machine technology for our customers.” Award-winning Haffner already offers an impressive machinery line up. The company is the sole UK agent of Haffner Machinery,
“The new partnership with Graf Synergy along with our level of expansion is a clear indication of our continued success.” 40
The video of Emmegi’s striking new Fusion 4H PVC-U Quad Welder being installed at O’Grady UPVC’s factory in Kiltormer, Galway has already been viewed almost 5000 times on LinkedIn, demonstrating the level of interest which exists right across the market in this innovative, automatically adjustable, fully digital CNC machine. This is the first installation carried out in Ireland of a machine which made its debut at the FIT Show in 2019. What is generating the biggest response is the quality of the finish that the machine is producing, with reduced cycle times and a weld restriction adjustable from 0.2 to 2mm depending on the top and bottom profile colour.
the heating and welding automatically. Built-in bright green LEDs on the welder heads show the status of the machine at any given moment and cycle to alert the operator of any actions required. There is full digital control of the axis and exceptional precision in the welding head movements. This allows for incremental adjustment of the counterblocks to deliver weld restrictions down to 0.2mm, simplifying and shortening the subsequent machining cycle. Alan O’Grady of O’Grady UPVC is confident that he will see a quick return on this investment. He said: “We used a vertical quad welder previously which we were relatively happy with, but the horizontal Fusion is already giving us a better finish on the frames, a quicker production time and absolutely no compromise on the weld strength. It will definitely give us faster throughput and improved efficiency.” The installation of the Fusion was carried out by Emmegi’s own specialist engineers in Ireland and ran smoothly and safely in line with the Covid restrictions which are still in place in Ireland.
The team at O’Grady UPVC had seen the horizontal welding machine at the FIT Show and felt that the quality of the weld and the flexibility and speed it offered would enhance their operation.
Looking ahead, O’Grady UPVC will continue to promote the quality of its NSAI WEP accredited windows and doors to trade and domestic customers throughout the west of Ireland.
The Fusion offers manual loading and automatic unloading and a fully programmable, variable cycle to carry out
More details at: https://www.emmegi. com/en/alphabetic-product/fusion-4h and https://www.ogradyupvc.com/
Haffner’s success in offering a comprehensive range of machines that make a tangible difference to fabricators is something that is reflected in their rapidlygrowing business. Dave commented: “The new partnership with Graf Synergy along with our level of expansion is a clear indication of our continued success. The new exclusive collaboration will blend the innovative expertise of the two businesses and provide a transformative approach to machine technology to deliver the best in fabrication machinery.” The Graf Synergy machines will accompany a large-scale range of machinery on Haffner’s 405 sqm stand at FIT 2021. Tel: 01785 222421 www.haffnermurat.com
June 2021 | www.glassnews.co.uk
