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BROOKS BROS: INVESTING FOR GROWTH
• At Brooks Bros (UK) Sewstern site: (home-grown timbers and kilning) A
Hundegger HM-3 planer. This is a specialist 4-side planer for heavy timber up to a maximum cross-section of 300mm x 400mm. This acquisition will enable the company to offer customers very large oak beams, accurately planed all around in standard and bespoke sizes.
• At Brooks Bros Bros (UK) Nottingham site: A Unosand Multi SL-300 sanding and
Brooks Bros (UK) Ltd has recently taken the strategic decision to run its own in-house haulage fleet from its southern depots in Essex (Maldon and Danbury). To facilitate this the company has partnered with Scania Trucks and has purchased:
• Twelve 26 tonne rigid curtain side lorries • Two articulated lorries with six trailer units
• Eight Moffett M4 NX truck mounted forklifts.
For customers’ convenience the new fleet is fully equipped to carry Moffett forklifts for rapid and safe off-loading of goods. Commenting on this change, managing director Mark Fleming said: “This is a big decision for Brooks... one that we’ve been carefully considering for some time. Having now taken the plunge (with such a large investment) to manage our own haulage fleet, we are very pleased with the increased control and improved service it has brought to our customers. At the same time, we’ve given the fleet a new modern look with stylish livery, which showcases the extensive range of timber products we have available ex stock. But it’s not just the fleet… further significant investment across the company’s sites this year include:”
• At the Brooks Bros (UK) Skelmersdale site: The latest Weinig 7-head Powermat
Top: 26 tonne rigid curtain sided lorry Centre: Moffett truck mounted forklifts Above: Brooks Bros stylish new livery
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P1500 moulder (bringing the total number of moulders across our sites to 23) plus the upgrading of its extraction plant to double the air flow and installation of the power saving Ecogate system.
texturing machine. This versatile machine with 300mm working width, offers high capacity, with three interchangeable heads that can be fitted with either wire, abrasive nylon or sanding and de-knibbing brushes to suit the required application. The Unosand specialises in creating a decorative textured grain finish, which is best suited to flooring and cladding profiles. Combined with the application of stains and paints this process offers customers unusual and attractive decorative finishes.
Mark Fleming added: “We offer a nationwide service from five sites, covering the south from Maldon and Danbury in Essex, the Midlands from Nottingham and the north, Scotland and Ireland from Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Our specialist home-grown and kilning site in Sewstern near Grantham offers nationwide supply via the regional sites. At each site we offer the full range of our products including hardwoods, softwoods, clears, sheet materials, flooring, decking, engineered timbers as well as added-value machining and finishing services.” ■
Brooks Bros (UK) Ltd Head Office: Blackwater Place, The Causeway, Maldon, Essex CM9 4GG T: 01621 877400 E:
sales@brookstimber.co.uk W:
www.brookstimber.com
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