Driving growth

Of Excool ’ s 180,000 square feet in the UK , approximately 120,000 is manufacturing space . The new on-site Excool Zero factory is an additional 60,000 square feet , providing , as Jon suggests , “ a template for factories going forward . This new site has enabled us to significantly increase our manufacturing capability . We have moved from approximately three to between 12 and 16 units per week . We have the possibility of scaling to 22 units a week without changing anything we do , in readiness for larger projects and larger orders .

“ This building template has the potential to be rolled out , as and when we start to grow in other areas . We already have 15,000 square feet in the US which helps in terms of our supply chain and delivery . Supply chain is a major consideration for everybody at the moment . For every ten units that we build , we probably have orders for eight and place the remaining two into stock , which tends to fly off the shelves . We have kit available and can deliver to almost anywhere in the world within six weeks . People are changing designs to be Excoolcompatible and wanting to hold stock of the Excool Zero design .”

Jon believes this growth is fundamentally thanks to the new , more efficient and compact design of heat exchanger . “ We have managed to cut our manufacturing man hours by about 40 percent , by building all the features into a single unit , thereby increasing productivity and quality . Whereas before we had a range of maybe eight different-sized units , we now have two , complete with features ,” says Jon . “ With this , comes economy of scale . The pricing we go to market at is significantly lower than before and we

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