Manufacturing companies expand

National timber staircase and windows suppliers StairBox and Wooden Windows have expanded with a 30,000sqft extension.

The two sister companies, who combined employ over 100 workers, has continued to grow over the past three years, meaning more space was required to increase efficiency, delivery and output.

The new space will now be used for assembly, finishing and quality control meaning there will be more room in the original building to house three new state-of-the-art CNC machines. This expansion also means several new staff members will be recruited. Together, StairBox and Wooden Windows are looking to recruit up to 20 new employees in the next 12 months.

Alex Hancock, director of StairBox said: “We have seen rapid growth over the past few years and we needed to meet the increase in demand, meaning we had to expand. We have had a fantastic couple of years and the businesses are going from strength to strength which we believe is due to the quality of our service and products.”

The sister companies are continuing to grow and only moved into premises three times the size of their previous site two years ago. Wooden Windows also undertook a complete make over in 2017 and rebranded from TA Windows in a bid to appeal to a wider customer base and to enhance the company’s national visibility.

A focus on online sales in the past 10 years have helped the sales of both businesses to soar with both StairBox and Wooden Windows constantly innovating to offer a service which allows customers to design and buy their product on the websites.

Director of Wooden Windows, Mark Winter said: “This is an incredibly exciting time for both companies. We will now be able to increase our output by 25% which will complement the growing demand. It also means we will be able to create several new jobs and add to our fantastic workforce.”