Key Properties of Aluminium Aluminium is an extremely useful material for many applications, the properties of aluminium that set it apart from other metals are strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and its lack of external magnetic characteristics. Steel is the most common metal used in engineering, but aluminium comes a close second, -->

Christmas Shutdown 2020 We hate to mention it, but... ...Christmas is fast approaching. If you are able to let our sales team know about your closing dates over the festive period, we can make sure that this is taken into consideration for any laser cutting orders that are placed around that time. Please -->

Key Properties of Stainless Steel The demand for stainless steel has been increasing at an incredible 5% each year. In 2019, its global production reached over 52 million tonnes. China produced the most stainless steel in 2019, over 29 million metric tonnes, over half of the stainless steel produced world wide. The versatility -->

We remain open and accepting orders In light of the most recent government announcements, we would like to reassure our customers that we are still open and accepting orders from all industries. Where possible, team members are working from home, but due to the nature of our business, some of our workforce are required -->

Famous Aluminium Structures The physical properties of aluminium alloys make them an ideal material for construction and is particularly useful for high-rise buildings and skyscrapers. They are light, strong, corrosion and UV resistant and require minimal maintenance. An aluminium structure is stable at temperatures ranging from –80C to +300C and in any climatic conditions. -->

How to speed up your laser cutting order We are specialists in our field, we have a great system and team in place, so we average a four day lead time on our laser cutting orders. Many of our customers work on time critical projects, so our accurate lead times and speed of turnaround -->

Important update: Change of office hours We aim to return quotes in response to a laser cutting enquiries within an hour. To improve our response times for orders sent in the middle of the day, we are going to trial slightly different working patterns for our sales team. From the week commencing -->

Facts about steel Around 90% by weight of the metal we laser cut in 2019 was steel sheet and plate of various grades, that’s about 69% of the individual components. We sell six variations of mild steel sheet in various thicknesses from 0.7mm to 25mm and fifteen variations of stainless steel sheet ranging -->