Wednesday, 21 Aug 2013 08:35 GMT

Historic name breaks into signscape

Now in its 112th year, historic woodworking machinery manufacturer Daltons Wadkin has revealed a strategic decision to SignLink that will see it diversify into supplying CNC routers to the sign and wide-format print industries.

“We never take on a project lightly and the equipment we choose to supply to our customers is investigated thoroughly for some time before we add it to our portfolio,” explains company director Alex Dalton, who is the fourth generation of the family to take the helm.
 


The Daltons Wadkin online business hub now
details its range of CNC routing equipment
designed for sign-makers
Running the company with his uncle Francis Dalton, Alex explains his approach to the diversification move: “We need to pass strong technical backup to our customers, that is a very strong point of our company. We have 15 regionally-based engineers around the UK and we ensure our suppliers have the facilities in place to service the requirements of a full technical support facility. Due to this we only ever deal with European suppliers of suitable quality.” 

Purchasing the world-famous woodworking machinery manufacturer Wadkin early in 2010—merging its staff and range, Daltons moved on to expand further through a partnership with Polish CNC router manufacturer Kimla.

Alex continues: “Our machines are only ever good when they are making there customers money. We normally don’t hear from them until they meet a challenge, but the most important thing is your capability to react and solve it for them.”


 Our machines are only ever good when they are making there customers money. We normally don’t hear from them until they meet a challenge, but the most important thing is your capability to react and solve it for them”

The Kimla BlackBird CNC router range moves from desktop systems (min 500 x 500mm; max 1.2 x 1m), through to the Kimla BlackBird 1525 (min 1.5 x 1.2m; max 2.1 x 2.5m).

Its Kimla Industrial (min 1 x 1.5m; max 2.6 x 7m) portfolio reportedly provides a top end solution for those who need to process higher materials volumes without compromising quality.
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