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developing the process technology. It works extremely well and we’ re currently planning further investment next year. We have two paint plants: an older white standalone booth and a more modern, robotic, color booth. Our intention is to either invest in the same facility for our white plant or possibly even look at color on demand. Nordson has technology whereby you can change your powder coating pretty much in a single minute, which when you offer every color of the rainbow as we do, has considerable operational advantages.” The equipment has virtually no downtime for maintenance due to the extreme longevity of the system components.
While production was impacted at the start of the pandemic, sales increased when people were spending disposable income on home improvement projects during lockdown. Subsequently, the company experienced somewhat of a slump following
the boom, but Jon is confident that business is bouncing back.
“ I think there are a couple of things driving this market renewal. One is the UK Government’ s plan to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years. Another is the Ministry of Defence’ s plan to undertake a significant refurbishment of its housing stock. This initiative is part of a broader plan to improve living conditions for service personnel and their families and is backed by a substantial investment of over £ 7 billion. The refurbishment program includes urgent repairs and long-term renewal of military family homes across the UK, so together, these initiatives will contribute to lifting the market. Looking at our current sales, we’ re having quite a good year to date. We are proud to have long-
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