Professional Polishing Services Ltd are pleased to confirm
that they have ordered two new polishing lines, both of which are scheduled to
be fully commissioned and in service by the end of December 2012.
The most anticipated of the two, and the bulk of the new
investment, is an automatic multi-head mirror polishing and coating line. This
gives additional capacity to service the increasing demand for reflective
finishes, particularly the bespoke ‘UltraBright’, which is produced to
consistently high gloss levels. The new mirror polishing line will be the most
sophisticated in the country, formed of integrated pick and place, polishing,
transfer, polythene coating and stacking units. Sheets are picked and
transported between stations by vacuum lift and the polishing process is
carried out on a multi head polishing machine before being transported to an in
line protective coating station. This will be the first mirror polishing line
to incorporate the whole process from start to finish.
The second investment is an additional circle polishing line
to complement the current 2000mm wide machine which consistently works above
capacity.
Kirsty Davies-Chinnock, the Managing Director of PPS is keen
to be able to optimise lead times on both of these sections to benefit their
customer base and to service new markets.
Continuous investment is nothing new from PPS and with the
two new lines ordered ahead of the company’s thirtieth anniversary in 2013 it
is the biggest single investment made in their history, and has come at a time
to facilitate an ambitious program of growth.
Peter Davies, the Chairman and Founder of Professional
Polishing Services looks back at their investment how the company has become the
acknowledged market leader in mechanical surface finishing;
“PPS started life in the depths of a recession and everyone
took delight in telling me the manufacturing base within the UK would fail
within ten years. Yet since our inception PPS have invested more in new plant
and processes than any of our competitors and despite the doom and gloom we
have again secured traditional funding – proving that there is support for
ambitious SME’s going forward. Committing to our largest capital investment on
the eve of our thirtieth anniversary is something to celebrate and is a huge
achievement for every individual with the Company. ”