Clearview National November 2014 - Issue 156 | Page 66

aluminium

Start up machine
package - helps
business grow

£3.3m investment and
MBO for specialist
manufacturer

»»For many people,
there comes a time when it’s
‘now or never’ to start your own
business!
This was the decision, Mark
Walley, managing director and
co-directors; Craig Turner,
Mike Moulding and James
Tyldesley made in April 2014,
establishing Ideal Aluminium
Systems Limited, in Radcliffe,
Manchester.
Their former employer, a
large commercial aluminium
fabricator, had been a victim
of the recession and went into
administration in February
2014.

»»YFM Equity Partners is
investing £3.3m into The
Heritage Window Company to
fund the management buyout
(MBO) and development
capital to meet increasing sales
demand. The MBO is led by
Managing Director Sean Ballard
and former CEO of Anglian
Home Improvements, Peter
Mottershead, who is joining
the board as Non-Executive
Chairman.
The Heritage Window
Company, founded by Geoff
Dolan in 2000, is the only
British company to craft slim
style aluminium framed windows
under the Benenden™ range,
which featured in Channel 4’s
The Grand Designs Art Deco
House Project in 2007.
Sean Ballard is leading the
MBO, having joined the business
in early 2012 as Managing
Director increasing sales by 25%
to £6.2m. As part of the MBO,
Philip Maskell, Finance Director
at GTK, another YFM Equity
Partners portfolio company
will join The Heritage Window

They decided to work
in the commercial sector,
manufacturing aluminium
windows, doors, shop fronts
and curtain walling for retail,
leisure and education projects.
Mark was familiar with
machines from elumatec and
knew they were easy to use. He
recommended the company
purchased a start-up package
from elumatec UK, comprising
of; The DG79 double mitre
saw, an AS70/20 copy router
& the EP120 crimper. The
machines offer the use of
multiple aluminium systems;
Ideal currently manufactures
products from Technal and
Senior Architectural Systems
(SAS).
Mark said: “We started Ideal
by looking to the future, we are
confident we made the right
choices in all aspects of our
new venture and have quickly
settled into planning for Ideal’s
expansion.”
For more information visit
www.elumatec.co.uk

Company as part-time finance
director.
Sean Ballard, said: “We are
delighted to have Peter on board
to bring his wealth of industry
experience and his success from
Anglian Home Improvements.
His expertise will no doubt
help us to expand The Heritage
Window Company brand and
business throughout the UK.”
For further information visit
theheritagewindowc ompany.co.uk

Kawneer launches new website
Leading architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer has
relaunched its website to make it even more intuitive for users.
»» www.kawneer.co.uk does not
only have a new look, but navigation has been
streamlined to make it more user friendly
regardless of whether visitors are using a PC,
laptop, tablet or smart phone.
One of the new features, is the ability
in “My Products” section for users to
bookmark individual products so they appear

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in a personalised fast-access list in the site’s
navigation bar. Other new features include;
a blog and quick links to enable visitors to
instantly access technical specifications, CAD
files and BIM models at individual product
level.
Mark Clemson, Kawneer sales and
marketing director, said: “The new site gives

us the right foundation to serve our users who
depend on us to help find solutions for all
their architectural aluminium needs.
“This redesign was a significant initiative,
just one of our key initiatives for 2014, and
represents a big step in our journey to lead the
industry by leveraging technology to further
differentiate ourselves in the marketplace.”