AWI Action 2024
Alloy Wire International (AWI) has invested over £200,000 in new equipment to help boost sales figures by more than £2m. The round, flat, and profile wire manufacturing specialists have installed its two single-hole blocks, 3-hole dry drawing machines and 4-spindle spooler in its factory in the West Midlands. Additionally, AWI has also upgraded its tensile testing machinery.
“We had our best April on record for outgoing orders and the pipeline of activity shows no sign of things slowing down,” said Andrew Du Plessis, Technical Director of Alloy Wire International. “The decision was made last year to embark on a £500,000 investment drive and these latest installations are an important part of this strategy. Each one has been tailored to suit our specific production requirements and to have them operating on the shop floor is great to see.”
He continued: “Our success is all about making sure we are ahead of the competition when it comes to manufacturing agility, quality and delivery performance. The latter already sees us produce wire in three weeks, nobody else can do that. This investment reinforces this capability, as well as giving us nearly £2m of additional capacity to work with.”
With this investment, the company hopes it will see a reduction in lead times while also offering clients within the automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, defence, and medical industries greater volume quantities.
Du Plessis concluded, “The investment doesn’t stop there, with a new £90,000 linisher due for August this year, closely followed by a dry drawing pointer.
“All of this will ensure AWI continues to be known for our mantra… ‘manufacturing quality – delivering reliability, a mantra that sees us hold the AS910 (Aerospace), ISO:9001 (Quality), ISO:13485 (Medical), ISO:14001 (Environmental) and ISO:45001 (Health & Safety) quality accreditations.”