Composite & decorative glass news

Clearview 9 June 09 - Further Investment as Distinction continues to grow

Europe's largest supplier of composite door blanks, Distinction Doors, has recently invested in the latest CNC machinery and acquired new personnel, cementing their position as market leaders and ensuring the success of their customers.

The Barnsley based firm has recently announced the commissioning of their second SMC AL 100 Record twin bed CNC, doubling the capacity of th door prepping service offered to trade fabricators.

With more customers demanding sized, edgebanded and routed door blanks, Distinction have increased their output of this service while maintaining their main business of supplying blanks and cassettes.

Managing Director Drew Wright believes this customer led approach is the reason Distinction and their fabricators are growing in the difficult economic climate. "At Distinction, we tailor our services to meet the requirements of our customers. With more fabricators looking towards our door prepping service, we took measures to increase our output and invested in the latest CNC machinery so we can also maintain the all important overspill and back up service we offer to our customers who have CNC facilities. This has allowed us and our customers to grow despite the financial downturn."

To ensure this increased door prepping service maintains the firm's exceptionally high standards, Distinction has restructured their production department, appointing Dave Clarke as their new Production Manager.

Dave has 25 years experience of ean manufacturing and running production lines and will be responsible for both sized and prepped door blanks as well as the glazed/prepped option ow being offered by Distinction Door Solutions.

With the composite door market rapidly expanding, Dave is looking forward to running the production line for such a forward thiking company. "Over the last few years,demand for composite doors has really taken off and this looks set to increase further in the future. I'm delighted to be joing a company who are market leaders in this area and have set such high standards in terms of quality and customer service."

At the heart of Distinction Doors is a strong infrastructure. This has been further enhanced with the appointment of Tim Clemmett as Business Development Manager for the Midlands. Tim replaces Chris Champon, who moves to become Marketing Manager and Export Manager.

Tim, who has over 30 years experience in the window, door and hardware industry, is well known in the comosite door sector. He is looking forward to joing the market leaders in composite doors and using his knowledge to help drive the company forward.

Tim commented, "Distinction's investment in staff and equipment ensures they are at the cutting edge of the market and are one step ahead of their rivals. Their new CNC machinery means they have capacity to support customer demands and the large waehousing facility copes with a stockholding of 25,000 blanks and 100,000 cassettes. I'm delighted to be joining a company who are in such a strong position."