Following several
years of sustained sales growth, Bunting is expanding their manufacturing plant
and offices at the Redditch site just outside Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
Since the
global Bunting
Group acquired Master Magnets in January 2017, manufacturing output at the Redditch
plant has increased significantly.
Redditch is the European manufacturing headquarters for magnetic
separators and metal detectors.
Work on
the expansion started in November 2019 creating additional car parking space
for employees and visitors. However, the
major work begins in January 2020. The
investment programme covers three separate areas with a completion date of
Autumn 2020. Initially, the entire roof
of the existing manufacturing plant is being replaced. This is then followed by two separate
building projects to increase manufacturing and office space.
By
extending the existing manufacturing building, Bunting intends to increase the
factory floor space by 50%.
“We
design and manufacture large equipment for the mining, mineral processing and
recycling industries,” explained Adrian Coleman, the General Manager of
Bunting-Redditch. “The demand for such
magnetic separation technology continues to grow and we needed to rethink our
manufacturing strategy. The increased
manufacturing floor space will result in improved productivity with the aim of
shortening production lead-times.”
The additional manufacturing area is ideal for the building of Metal Separation Modules for the recycling industry (incorporating Eddy Current Separators, Drum Magnets and Vibratory Feeders); large Electromagnetic Overband Magnets for mining applications; and high intensity magnetic separators, such as the Induced Roll Magnetic Separator, for mineral processing.
At the
front of the Redditch facility, there will be an additional third floor of
offices increasing the overall office floor space by over 50%. The whole office layout is being revamped to
accommodate a growing internal team and new ‘Centre of Excellence’ laboratory.
The
laboratory in Redditch is one of the most advanced for magnetic separation in
the world. Companies processing and
mining minerals send samples to the laboratory for controlled tests. The tests demonstrate what separation is
possible, ultimately leading to a process guarantee on a purchased
production-sized magnetic separator. The
new Centre of Excellence is three times larger with designated areas for both
wet and dry testing. This latest
investment in Bunting’s European laboratory facilities follows the creation of
a Recycling
Test Centre in February 2018.
“The Redditch expansion is driven by increased demand,” explained Adrian. “As mineral and raw material reserves dwindle, companies are forced to exploit less pure reserves and process recycled materials. Our equipment separates impurities from such materials or recovers the valuable metallic constituents, and we are seeing a significant increase in both enquiries and orders.”
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