Technology and Facilities

Photo of the outside of the Factory

Photo of the inside of the Factory

Photo of Emmegi Quadra

Alumet has three fabrication plants at its head office in Warwickshire. The most recent of which is a £500,000 unit opened in 2008 by HRH the Duke of Kent. These facilities allow the company to produce the majority of products in-house, as well as allowing for further research and development into façade technology. Our facilities house the following equipment:

  • A fully-automated compound double mitre saw and CNC machine.
  • Overhead cranes to handle the company's glazed unitised systems.
  • An Alucobond plant, where all shapes and sizes of rainscreen cladding can be designed and fabricated.
  • An Emmergi Comet T6 Machining Centre, creating an excellent accuracy for fabrication work.

The company also has a tool room, paint shop, welding facility and machine shop. Alumet has the capacity to manufacture all of its own steel fabrications and brackets in-house.

Latest Addition
Illustration of Emmegi Quadra Aluminium 12 axis CNC machine
Alumet's latest addition is an Emmegi Quadra Aluminium 12 axis CNC machine. The cutting and machining centre is state-of-the-art, with Alumet being the only company in the UK and the sixth company in the whole world to have received the new model.

The system features 6 spindles for 360 degree machining and a descending blade for cutting and notching of profiles this allows us to significantly increase the accuracy and quality of our production methods.

Photo of A Designer/Draughtsman at Work

Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Alumet's team of designers use Computer Aided Design software to render all models.

Photo of CNC machine in use.

Close-up photo of CNC machine.

Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)
Once designs for sections are complete, they can be sent to the CNC machine electronically to be manufactured.

We have built up a library of bespoke machining operations relating to particular sections and bars. This back-catalogue reduces the time taken to respond to contracts.

The machine's hidden benefits mean that movement of bars within the workshop is dramatically reduced, noise levels are appreciably lower and the workshop is a cleaner and tidier environment.

The machine enables us to offer our clients innovative solutions to particular design requirements.