Rapierstar is supporting a long-established Scottish window and door manufacturer and installer to realise its growth ambitions by helping it to keep its product quality and factory productivity on track. Lanarkshire-based Precision Windows is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and it is now one of Scotland’s largest window and door manufacturers.
To this day it remains a family owned and managed business, and it puts its long term success and recent strong growth down to a focus on quality and product performance, rather than aiming to sell at the lowest possible price – a strategy which requires the right infrastructure, skills and supply chain partners.
The company has invested significantly over the past five years to create a world-class PVC-U and aluminium manufacturing facility, and develop a workforce of over 100 people. This has resulted in production increasing over this period from 30-40 units per week to output levels regularly between 1,200 and 1,300 windows and doors, serving a mix of domestic, trade and commercial customers across Scotland.
Precision Windows has always used Rapierstar fasteners to manufacture its PVC-U product range, because the team recognises the value of quality components and profiles in achieving a competitive advantage. The company uses the Veka FS70 fully sculptured and M70 bevelled systems, in combination with hardware products from ERA, with a suite of Rapierstar fasteners which optimises finished product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
Ewan Hunter, Retail Manager at Precision Windows said: “Our focus on quality has been one of the most important factors in our long term success, because customers rightly want to know what benefits their investment in new windows and doors will bring – not just how little it will cost. Being able to offer a portfolio that we know is at the forefront of the market in Scotland in terms of long term functionality and performance has helped us to gain an important competitive advantage, and these products are all underpinned by the right components and systems.
“Everything matters in the window or door’s assembly, including the screws, which is why we only use Rapierstar products. Their technical support helps us to ensure the correct fasteners are used throughout the numerous product types we offer and achieve a high level of consistency that meets our rigorous quality assurance regime.”
Paul McAuley, Rapierstar’s technical consultant added: “It is no surprise to see Precision Windows reach its 20th year in business and I’m sure they will go even further in the next two decades. It is a company that ‘walks the walk’ by ensuring that its windows and doors match the quality it promises, and we are delighted to be able to help them achieve their goals through the fasteners and technical support we provide, including through our Recommended Fixings Manuals (RFMs) and advice on specific assembly applications.”
Rapierstar is the largest supplier of specialist fasteners to the UK and Ireland’s window and door industry. From our 100,000 sq. ft HQ and distribution centre in Cheshire, where we stock more than one billion items at any one time, we support fabricators, installers, distributors, systems companies and hardware manufacturers to meet their product performance, testing and new product development goals.
