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Rehau UK’s Blaenau Ffestiniog window profile plant has been recognised with two awards for site performance from the wider Rehau Group.

The facility was honoured twice at the company’s recent Rehau Industries Operations Awards 2022, taking prizes in the Windows Division for most improved site within and best performing plant. Plant performance was benchmarked against metrics including production performance, quality, deviation in consumption, employee attendance, reliability of delivery and days inventory was held for.

Success against these criteria was matched by the facility’s improved production levels, which were spurred by the installation of new lamination and co-extrusion lines over 2022. According to Gwyn Jones, plant director at Blaenau Ffestiniog, the incorporation of these new lines demonstrates a vote of confidence in British manufacturing.

He says: “Receiving two awards against stiff competition caps off an excellent year for the site. The fact we have bolstered output capacity and expanded our workforce to over 230 employees while maintaining excellent service levels is a real success story for British manufacturing. We’re now looking forward to next year’s awards, which will measure 2023, with the confidence that we can continue to supply quality frames at greater volumes with even shorter lead times.”

Apprentice view

Both long-standing and recent employees at the Blaenau Ffestiniog plant were similarly thrilled at the site’s award success. Owain Cunnington, QC apprentice working at the site, was highly complementary of how the support he had received allowed him to contribute to the plant’s accomplishments. He says: “Since joining Rehau nearly two years ago, I have been lucky enough to be involved in projects and see first-hand the effort that is put into continually improving the plant and its processes. These achievements are proof of the hard work that everyone at the plant has put in throughout the year and the willingness of the people to support each other on a daily basis.”

For Dylan Roberts, production manager at the site and long-serving graduate of the company’s apprenticeship scheme, these new awards show just how far the plant has come. He says: “I started my journey with Rehau as a process trainee back in 1990, working my way up to my current position. I’ve seen my continuous training and development matched by Rehau’s efforts to recruit and nurture the most recent cohort of process, commercial and craft apprentices.

“This investing in people and the future shows that we never rest on our laurels. To be awarded best plant and most improved plant is extremely humbling and demonstrates that this people-first approach is really paying off.”

Picture: Gwyn Jones, plant director at Blaenau Ffestiniog receives the Rehau awards.

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Article written by Cathryn Ellis
17th August 2023

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