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Photofabrication Welcome New Account Managers – October 2011

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:51:17 +0000

During the last 2 months Photofabrication have welcomed 2 new Account Managers, Zoe and Lisa. The driving force behind these additions is to ensure that your Account Manager has time to not just answer your questions but ensure you get your quotes when you need them and uphold the customer pledge. Why not visit the “Sales Point of Contact” page to read a little bit about them.

Further Investment in Printing – June 2011

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:21:50 +0000

Photofabrication have just taken delivery of a brand new printer. Acknowledging that to both maintain and continually improve one’s offering one must invest in the tools one uses.

This printer has many benefits to Photofabrication; including energy efficient lamps, increased concentricity of light and providing increased capacity for throughput.

The capacity increase further cements our position as a market leader for fast reliable deliveries.

Photofabrication involved in a “Work of Art” – April 2011

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:30:20 +0000

Photofabrication have been privileged to work with the world famous artist Norman Ackroyd for many years now. This has included numerous etchings on modern architecture all over the country. The latest collaboration was for the new science laboratory in the botanical gardens, Cambridge.In the picture you can see Norman on the right with Niamh (who works with Norman) and our very own Mark Cassey all sitting in front a wall of etchings. Another job well done.

Photofabrication Etches Components for Space – March 2011

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:06:53 +0000

As a supplier of high-grade photo-etched components for spacecraft, Photofabrication congratulates Astrium on the launch of Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite from Baikonor Cosmodrome on a Proton launch vehicle on 26 December 2010. The satellite, designed and built by Astrium, pushes the boundaries of technology and will give high speed access to the Internet and other broadband services to millions of households in the many hard to reach areas across Europe. Using Photofabrication, Astrium is able to take full advantage of chemical etching and benefit from the customer service and professional expertise that Photofabrication can provide.To read more about the project please click the link which follows to see an article written by the BBC.

Photofabrication Recognised for Apprenticehips – February 2011

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:15:58 +0000

Photofabrication are proud to have been recognised by The National Apprenticeship Service for the number of employees (old and young) it has enrolled in apprenticeship programs. The training provided has given the organisation a great er skill base and really empowered employees to excel in their respective fields, from quality control to lead time reduction, marketing to administration skills.

With more employees joining this scheme Photofabrication will go from strength to strength.Don’t just take it from us, a quote from The National Apprenticeship Service, “It is so refreshing to see a such a well run company spending time and money to develop its staff.”

ISO14001 Realised – February 2011

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:43:39 +0000

Its official, Photofabrication are ISO14001 approved. As a company Photofabrication prides itself on caring for the environment, both to ensure the company’s impact on the planet is minimised and by reducing energy consumption saving cost allowing prices to remain competitive.

A huge well done to the team who put this together.

Effluent Investment – January 2011

admin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:38:42 +0000

Photofabrictaion are dedicated to protecting the environment and applying any and all advances in technology to improve the way processed liquid is treated, recycled and re-used. This has led to the introduction of a new “£50,000 plus” investment in effluent treatment facilities. All processing water is now treated to neutralise any harmful levels of acid or alkaline. Much of the treated water is now re-used within the facilities and that which cannot be used is disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.The electronic control system allows dosing to regenerate the chemicals and make them last longer which is energy efficient. It also allows us to regularly monitor the performance of the treatment facilities so refinements and improvements can continually me made.

LEAN Qualifications – December 2010

admin — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:46:53 +0000

A huge congratulations to 6 more employees from Photofabrication, they have completed the Business improvement techniques qualification regularly referred to as LEAN. The principle is one the whole team at Photofabrication believes in, we now have all employees qualified and working away and small LEAN projects to improve the company.

These improvements both improve the way the company is run for efficiency and health & safety but also make it a better place to work. At the same time we now have a LEAN Leader who has successfully passed the next qualification on and is spearheading the LEAN revolution at Photofabrications. Well done to all of you.

Marketing Qualifications Achieved – October 2010

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:15:12 +0000

Photofabrication do everything they can to invest in their employees, recognising that whilst having excellent systems, equipment, etc in place it all comes down to the people. Three employees of Photofabrication have successfully achieved their first marketing qualification, and first of many we hope. They all worked very hard and achieved the highest grade possible.
Well done to each of them.

LEAN at Photofab goes from Strength to Strength – August 2010

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:17 +0000

The success of the introduction of LEAN business improvement techniques as been so impressive that Semta (The Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies) have written case study on Photofabrication.

Please follow the link to read more …

Following the case study a further six members of the Photofabrication Chemical Milling Team have also passed with flying colours.

To learn more about Semta, http://www.semta.org.uk/