Cardiff, UK – Wednesday 20th January 2016 – Renold Couplings have announced significant investment in the future of its Cardiff manufacturing facility.
The investment centres on the installation of new machines, to increase production and reduce lead times of couplings manufactured at the site. Two of the machines are now fully operational, with a further two to follow laterin 2016.
Manufacturing Engineer, Tim Phillips, commented “With the DMG Mori-Seiki NCX2500 and NTX2000 replacing legacy equipment, it will allow us to produce components that are fully machined and de-burred with no additional operations required. This is a vast improvement on the previous set up and will not only streamline the production process, but also ensure that the parts are also manufactured more accurately and to a higher quality.”
Alongside the upgraded machinery, new positions have been created in key areas of the business and a new IT system is being implemented, in order to improve Renold Couplings all round service offering.
Renold Couplings
Renold Couplings manufacture industrial components, ranging from fluid couplings to sprag clutches, designed and manufactured to high standards from its facility in Cardiff. International companies in industries from steel to food processing, to transportation to textiles, have chosen Renold to solve their problems. Renold Couplings is long established in Cardiff and in 2016 is celebrating its 70th year of manufacturing in the city.
Renold Couplings has been established since the 1940’s and consists of three facilities, manufacturing the widest range of couplings worldwide including the Hi-Tec product range.
Renold is recognised throughout the industry for its capability to create specific solutions to customer’s unique requirements. International companies and industries, from steel to food processing to escalators to textile machinery, have chosen Renold to solve their problems.
Renold provides practical cost effective solutions with a commitment to value through quality. This is achieved by the continuous investment in people, process technology and manufacturing. Renold are ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 approved, and all products are designed and manufactured to this Quality Assurance System, with the environment and health and safety in mind.