Clearview National April 2016 - Issue 173 | Page 117

MACHINERY MACHINERY PARTNERSHIP BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO UK MARKET »»LONGSTANDING BRITISH manufacturer of glass insulating machinery, Bassra Machine Tools Ltd, has teamed up with Kaban, the biggest manufacturer of PVCu fabricating machines in Turkey to bring its products to the UK market for the first time in its 30 year history. The two likeminded companies have been known to each other for almost 15 years, often selling to the same customers, and have been successfully working together for the past six to seven years in other parts of the world. But it has only been in the last six months that Bassra has begun acting as a distributor for Kaban in the UK and so far the response has been good. Kaban’s customer credentials speak for themselves, with the company supplying machinery to the main factories of some of the biggest manufacturers in the industry. In India and Germany for example, such places are actually used for training purposes, such is the exemplary standard of the facilities. Both Bassra and Kaban have the same unique selling point of offering reliable and reasonably priced machinery, appealing to smaller companies producing 15-20 windows a day to those making 1,000 windows per day, from fully automatic lines to smaller set ups. Kaban has sizeable operations in Istanbul, Turkey, which employs 200 people and sells thousands of machines annually to 85 countries across the world. Its unit prices have the benefit of the cheaper labour costs and overheads associated with manufacturing in Turkey. To assist potential UK customers that are unfamiliar with Kaban’s machinery, Bassra is about to set up a showroom at its factory in Birmingham. “This is a very exciting time for Bassra and our customers, now that we are able to offer PVCu processing equipment, in addition to glass insulating machinery,” comments Bassra’s head of sales and marketing, C J Kohli. “We also have a close relationship with a finance company whose previous experience of our machinery has instilled a lasting confidence that new customers can instantly benefit from, providing they meet the relevant criteria.” Stand A32 and A142, FIT Show, Telford FenTrack From £5995* Get the right parts to the right place FenTrack is the newest software system from ManyClicks, designed for the Window Manufacturing industry. Manufacture • Full tracking of the assembly/production cycle - Know where every part of an order is at any time - Time management of individual orders - Barcode tracking of every component - Dashboard details of production Window Designer Software • Avoid costly errors • Monitor and control from your browser Orders Updates FenTrack Server Deliver • Route Planning for Deliveries • Ensure full order is on board • Allocate time window for delivery [email protected] • Real time GPS Location of Deliveries • Eliminate human error • Monitor and control from your browser Fentrack.co.uk 0113 314 89 89 *please email [email protected] for a full list of terms and conditions C L E A RV I E W-U K . C O M » A P R 2016 » 117