Sheet metal fabricator, Constant Group Ltd, has expanded its premises by 60%, gained ISO 9001:2015 certification and is investing in staff and digital manufacturing.
The company was recently able to purchase neighbouring units which took its factory space from 32K sq ft to over 50k sq ft.
Managing Director Matt Garlick said: "The expansion of the business is a direct result of a growing customer base that have placed increased demand for a wider variety of projects, leaner lead times and project stock holding. We've also benefited from a rising demand in complex assembly such as IoT retail display units that require greater floor space in our assembly division. The extra space will allow us to create the factory floor that we have always wanted, and give greater flexibility to what we can offer."
He continues: "Our business development team has trebled to enable us to liaise with new and existing customers alongside working with operations for a prompt service. As a direct result, we charged ahead to embrace a new digital infrastructure, introducing several internal systems such as Radan's e2i package. This digital upgrade has reduced our production lead times, and streamlined our design to delivery processes."
This recent growth phase has also coincided with Constant Group gaining ISO 9001:2015 certification.
Operations Manager David Gilligan said: “ISO 9001 is about Quality Management, and we know getting those elements correct in the outset allow us to continue to produce quality products for our customers. The certification is evidence of our hard work and dedication from our office production team to factory floor manufacturing.
“ISO 9001 takes into consideration our advances in internal systems such as e2i integration of documentation and processes from office to factory floor. The certification also keeps housekeeping, standardisation, and policies in line, to avoid any errors.
Matt Garlick concluded: “We’re pleased to be able to offer services to new customers who require ISO accreditation for sheet metal subcontract work, as well as maintain our standards to our existing client base. The ISO certification will also ensure our physical site growth is managed to enhance our customer base and operations effectively.”
Read more news from Engineering Capacity