Burry Port firm stepping up to 24-hour working
Amcanu specialises in sound insulating enclosures and tailored sheet metal solutions at the company’s factory in Glanmor Terrace, Burry Port.
“The order book has taken off in the last few weeks and we have taken the bold step of temporarily changing our shift structure,” said Amcanu managing director Owain Davies.
“We have just stepped up a gear to 24-hour working.
“We have an excellent team here at Amcanu and they have responded well to increase in demand with changes to our working patterns.”
“One of the major reasons behind the move to 24-hour working has been prompted by work on the biggest enclosure project we have produced to date.”
“We produce tailor-made sheet metal enclosures for different pump and generator manufacturers, but the new 'Series 14' enclosure is the biggest we have tackled to date.”
Amcanu currently employs 26 people in Burry Port.
“We have come a long way from our early history as a general engineering contractor,” said Mr Davies.
“The Amcanu business today is all about specialising in a particular niche in tailored enclosures and sheet metal solutions.
“Sound-insulation is the name of the game when it comes to providing pumping and generating equipment, and our specialist solutions are put to work in all sorts of industrial environments that include quarries, mines, sewerage works and, of course, steelworks.
“Adaptability is the key to our business and we spend a lot of time on research and development. We are thinking about the solutions to problems even before we get firms coming to us with their queries. It’s our ‘in front of the market’ approach.
“Having a speciality means that we have a great market opportunity here in Burry Port and we have geared up for that with investment in people and technology to make sure that we can deliver specialist enclosures and sheet metal solutions as and when they are required.”
Weblinks:
http://amcanu.co.uk/
About Amcanu:
Amcanu is a design and manufacturing business. We provide tailored sheet metal solutions, with the emphasis on quality, attention to detail and precision. Based in West Wales, we produce sound insulating enclosures and tailored sheet metal solutions which are used around the world.
Amcanu is the company name and it reflects our Welsh roots and our passion for our work. Amcanu is a Welsh word (you can pronounce it Ahm-KAHN-ee). The word means – ‘to design . . . to have a purpose’. Amcanu reflects our Welsh identity and our manufacturing values.
We specialise in acoustic insulated enclosures for use in an industrial environment. For example, we can provide cases for water pumps and generators or other types of noisy equipment that need insulating.
Amcanu’s association with Burry Port goes back more than 30 years. The business became a part of the economic fabric of the community in 1975 when it started as Spencer Davies Engineering. Spencer Davies OBE is group chairman of Amcanu and the father of Amcanu managing director Owain Davies. Over the years, the business has evolved to its current operation as Amcanu, a company engaged in clever and innovative engineering production.
The ‘family’ work ethic still forms an important part of 40-year-old Owain’s stewardship of the company, with the business having many experienced long-term employees working alongside highly-skilled technology wizards who know how to get the best out of today’s cutting edge computer equipment.
We hold Investors in people status. We also hold the ISO 9000 benchmark. We have received a Certificate of Merit from Sony.
Tailored sheet metal solutions are the name of the game here at Amcanu. Good ‘tailors’ are always at a premium and we like to think of ourselves as the Savile Row of sheet metal solutions.
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