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New investment reinforces niche offering at Sheffield's Panel Systems

Sheffield manufacturer Panel Systems has invested in two new adhesive spray booths, strengthening its ties with the construction industry.

The business, which creates architectural, decorative and composite panels, has invested £85,000 in a fully automated, programmable system as well as a smaller manual booth for bespoke projects.

Panel Systems provides the construction industry with architectural composite panels which are used by window and curtain walling contractors to create facades for new and refurbished buildings.

The move comes less than two years since Panel Systems invested £180,000 in a new CNC punch machine to enable it to expand its metal fabrication services to customers.

This equipment meant that the company could create more complex pressed metal components from steel and aluminium for the architectural and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) markets.

Sue Stafford, Operations Manager at Panel Systems, explained the significance of the investment to the company.

Sue said: “The new automated spray booth gives better control of spray pattern and adhesive. This will help enhance product performance when bonding panels and also ensures that minimal adhesive is wasted.

“The system is fully programmable and should save time and improve efficiency in our factory. The manual booth will give us greater flexibility to bond panels using bespoke adhesive to meet customer requirements.”

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