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VIRTUOSO DOORS WILL BE BETTER AND FASTER WITH NEW PAINT LINE
Leading composite door manufacturer Virtuoso Doors is looking to significantly increase its manufacturing capacity with the installation of a new paint line.
Gateshead-based composite door manufacturer Virtuoso Doors now has a new Giardina Paint Line as part of its ongoing programme of factory upgrades following a site move in 2021. The new paint line will mean increased capacity of around 50 per cent along with improved quality, increased paint optimisation and a market-leading choice of external colour finishes
The Giardina paint line includes a panel cleaner; automatic spray machine; hot air flash-off tunnel and a jet-hot air-drying tunnel. The Virtuoso technical team has tested the new system and found that it leads to huge enhancements including quicker drying and an even more consistent paint finish. The company moved from its original Chester-le-Street site to the new purposebuilt manufacturing site at Follingsby Park, Gateshead, in 2021. The site has had a power upgrade to meet manufacturing requirements, a new compressed air system, and state of the art extraction system installed. David Wheatcroft, Managing Director of Virtuoso Doors, said: “We have a committed and experienced team here at Virtuoso Doors. That team has worked very hard to reach the stage where we can invest in the infrastructure and systems to lift the business to even greater heights. “After the factory move and all the on-site improvements it’s great to be investing in systems that will really improve our output and the quality of our products. We will continue to produce top quality doors that the whole team can be proud of.”
Virtuoso Doors manufactures high quality composite doors and PVCu door panels through a mix of precision engineering and workshop finishing supplying doors with stunning detail and unrivalled quality. For more information visit www.virtuoso-doors.co.uk.
Epwin Window Systems has introduced its new stocked colour offering across its market-leading PVC-U system brands. Clare Bailey, Managing Director of Epwin Window Systems, said: “Our enhanced stocked colour offering represents the industry’s preferred colour palette. From contemporary colours to heritage classics and natural palettes to expression hues, it’s an intelligent colour offer designed to support our customers at every level.”
The new colour offering features 19 stocked foil finishes which include on-trend colour choices including Sage, Claystone and Pebble Grey. The new colour offer also includes 30 Made to Order options that reflect modern trends in colour selection. Clare said: “We’ve listened to our customers and expanded our Made to Order range that suits all sectors and tastes. This includes an expanded selection of contemporary greys and heritage colours in addition to new metallic finishes for the best in modern aesthetics. It’s the latest in a series of major investments in colour so we can give our customers a market advantage both now and into the future.”
Next level aesthetics has also been escalated in the new offering with the use of five complementary base colours, white, tan, brown, cream and grey. The base colours have been selected to complement the foiled options for the best in streamlined aesthetics. Clare commented: “Having complementary base colours delivers next level aesthetics especially when it comes to high-end domestic installations. For example, having anthracite grey foil on a grey base rather than white which you often see, delivers a sleek and streamlined finish when the window is in the open position.” All colours in the range will benefit from Epwin Window Systems’ continued investment in state-of-the-art colour technology. In 2019 Epwin Window Systems became the first UK company to take delivery of the Luna R lamination machine and it invested in a second machine in late 2020. Clare said: “The Luna R machines offer the best in lamination technology with an automatic set-up system allowing us to efficiently scale-up our foiling capacity in line with demand whilst delivering exceptional product quality”. To help its customers make the most of the market opportunities for colour, the Epwin Window Systems marketing team has produced an impressive range of highquality marketing materials. This includes a range of marketing assets for customers’ showrooms in addition to brochures, digital presentations, swatch books, marketing templates, video and POS material. The marketing assets are available for Epwin Window Systems’ customers to download from their Connect digital platform. Epwin Window Systems is renowned for setting new standards in the industry and its new intelligent colour offer, continued investment and customer support assets do just that. Tel: 0845 340 3968 www.epwinwindowsystems.co.uk
