£2m investment keeps sheetmetal fabricator ahead of the competition

A £2 million investment in state-of-the-art new production equipment and software is enabling one of Yorkshire’s premier sheetmetal fabricator to stay ahead of the competition.

Helping to boost capacity, productivity and cost savings for Normanton-based Yorkshire Laser and Fabrication (YLF) is a new 6kW Amada Ensis AJ laser cutter, an Amada ATC automated press brake, and an EML-AJ combination laser and punch machine with automatic punch and die changer. The company has also invested in automated loading, unloading and picking technology and the latest SolidWorks CAD and Preactor scheduling software.

In addition to the new equipment is the recruitment of 10 new operators plus the appointment of Cheryl Reidy as head of operations and Daniel Varley adding to the expertise already offered by YLF’s CAD team.