Clearview National December 2016 - Issue 181 | Page 16

INDUSTRYNEWS

Incredible
Years Of
Service

‘OUTSTANDING’
»»CELEBRATIONS HAVE
been taking place at Hurst Plastics
as the company honours 17
members of staff have who have
collectively amassed nearly 400
years of service between them.
The long-serving staff have
toasted to a landmark 20 years
of service at Hurst Plastics. They
all began their careers with Hurst
when it took over from panel
manufacturer PDL in December
1996.
Mark Atkinson, Sales Director
at Hurst Plastics, is one of the
long-servers. He switched from
a career in retail and joined
PDL 24 years ago. At the
time, the company was solely
manufacturing door panels.

Hurst added to its portfolio and
began manufacturing composite
doors 10 years ago. The firm now
produces 400 composite doors
and 2,000 door panels a week
from its two dedicated factories in
Kingston-Upon-Hull.
Mark said: “I’m delighted to
round off an outstanding year
of accelerated growth for the
business with this celebration.
As we approach our 20th
anniversary, it is fantastic to mark
the achievements of our longserving members of staff, who
have chalked up an impressive
392 years of continuous service
between them.
www.hurst-plastics.co.uk

»»LEADING SYSTEMS
company Deceuninck
has received very positive
customer feedback in a recent
survey measuring satisfaction
rates, customer priorities
and Deceuninck’s overall
performance.
Customers rated Deceuninck
UK’s performance across a
broad range of attributes. With
the companies Deceuninck
Online, Deceuninck’s
proprietary electronic ordering
system, achieving an almost
perfect score of 9 out of 10.
Deceuninck Sales Director,
Rob McGlennon, says: “The
results from the customer survey

are extremely positive. Our
customers are pleased with us,
so we’re pleased. We scored in
the nineties for product quality,
product availability and on-time
deliveries, which is a fantastic
result and a testament to all our
hard work.
“We value customer feedback
and are constantly looking for
ways to improve our business
and achieve our objectives. At
Deceuninck, supporting your
business is our business, so
helping customers grow and
develop will always be at the
heart of everything we do.”
www.whydeceuninck.com

EPWIN WINDOW SYSTEMS HISTORY
1976

2001

Company Founded

PatioMaster product and
dealer network launched

1987

As we come to
the end of Epwin
Group’s 40th
anniversary year,
we take a look back
over the history
of its Window
Systems Division…

16 » DEC 2016 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M

Total Window Systems Extrusion
plant opened in Telford

1992
Total Window Systems
becomes Profile22

1990
Extrusion plant expanded
to 100,000 sq ft

1991
Extrusion plant capacity
increased by a further 20%

2003
Safeware launched with new
34,000 sq ft warehouse facility