Garnalex have announced four more additions to their team as we witness the birth of a brand new systems company, as they promise to shake up the world of aluminium in our industry.

Four more top people join Garnalex top team

This is the release sent out to the industry:

Everything is on track for the launch of the revolutionary Sheerline® system in Q1 2020, and Garnalex’ transformation of fabricators’ and installers’ experience of buying, making, installing and selling aluminium windows and doors.

The state-of-the-art factory is extruding, the technical team is redesigning aluminium windows and doors from the ground up, and four more big-hitters have joined the Garnalex top team.

Darrell Woodward is the Garnalex UK Sales Manager. Working in the aluminium extrusion industry for over 35 years, he says the response to Garnalex has been “phenomenal, trade extrusion enquiries are coming in fast and we have the potential to expand into so many markets that use extrusion. It’s the most exciting investment in the industry for many years, and there’s no other facility like it in the UK. With Roger’s background, reputation and attention to detail I knew it’d be a venture too good to miss!” What will Garnalex be doing differently? “We’ll be giving aluminium customers what they want, when they want it!”, Darrell says.

Richard Munyard joins LB Plastics, part of Garner Holdings, as Injection Mould Consultant. With a 30-year career as Managing Director of S&S Plastics, Richard remained with the company when it was sold to Eurocell in 2015 and has worked with Roger on injection moulding requirements for the last 10 years.

Richard’s main priority at LB Plastics is overseeing a £750,000 tooling investment in moulding machines, robotics and tools, and co-ordinating between the Garnalex technical team and his contacts in the tooling industry. All Garnalex’ end caps and accessories will be produced in-house. Richard adds: “Roger really has set up a ‘Dream Team’ at Garnalex. With our joint experiences, we know what bad looks like and we certainly know what good will look like. It’s a privilege to be a part of it. And the five-minute commute to work helps too!”

Ross Hartshorn, Garnalex Technical Production Director, began his career as an apprentice in tooling design, manufacturing and maintenance at HL Plastics. He now oversees all aspects of the Garnalex factory development from designing the layout of the new plant, the equipment, tooling and maintenance, to helping design the internal process management system GarnerSyS.

“During my time at HL, I learned that by implementing processes and keeping open communication between departments, it’s possible to improve cycle times, line speed and production productivity”, says Ross. “We’ve set up these practices at Garnalex to ensure we get longevity, easier maintenance, extended life and better quality of the dies and resulting profiles we extrude.”

Tracy Edmunds, Hardware Design and Development Engineer, joined Garnalex after a career with ERA hardware, Winlock and HL Plastics. Tracy has been tasked with sourcing and developing a varied range of complementary hardware for the Sheerline® window system. “I’m excited that I’ve joined Garnalex at a time when the industry has caught ‘the aluminium wave’. It’s the way forward for the industry and we’ve generated lots of interest. We’re creating a simplified product that’s easy to fabricate, and that meets all the requirements of PAS24 security standards.”

For more information on Garnalex and the upcoming Ambassador Workshops where you can learn more about Garnalex’ philosophy and visit the factory, see www.garnalex.com and follow @GarnalexSystems.

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Garnalex, assemble!

Like a good Avengers film, Garnalex is putting together a team of experience and skill to really hit the ground running. Bringing in leading people from some of the best known names in the industry. I’ll let you decide who is Iron Man, Spiderman, Hulk, Thor and Thanos!

Its what you would do if you were looking to set up a new company which seeks to immediately challenge the established companies from day one. There will be more to come I am sure.

Whilst the team building is going on, it would be interesting to know what the other aluminium systems houses make of this new market entrant. Do they believe they can genuinely challenge the existing establishment of aluminium systems. Do they believe that Garnalex will transform how aluminium is made and sold in this industry? Do they feel threatened by them? Time will only tell. But it would not be wise to stand still and look on to see if any of the above might or might not happen.

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