Manufacturing Today Issue 210 Issue 210 March 2023 | Page 154

We don ’ t want to invest in automation to lose people ; it ’ s a case of investment in automation to upskill our teams and allow them to go on to bigger and better things in their job roles
low-volume assembly facilities , and a CNC machining center . Our core competencies are CNC turning , gear cutting and motor winding . We test and approve our products in our state-of-the-art test lab and all products go through rigorous testing before being sent to our customers ,” says Doug .

Naturally , a 75-year-old business is going to have a legacy of some old equipment , as well as new . Recently , Parvalux approved a threemillion-pound investment in capital equipment to go alongside its new facility with the intention of investing in its people , skillset , and technology . “ We don ’ t want to move into a brandnew manufacturing building with aged machinery , so we ’ re currently looking into how our systems are automated , but then also what that means for our people . We don ’ t want to invest in automation to lose people ; it ’ s a case of investment in automation to upskill our teams and allow them to go on to bigger and better things in their job roles .”
Research & Development is at the heart of Parvalux , and innovation is
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