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have to hold huge quantities on their shelves,” Alex begins.“ We also have our own custom saw shop, which we built two years ago. It’ s a very high-efficiency shop that runs across multiple shifts, with a fleet of ten band saws and a vertical plate bandsaw too. It’ s one of our unique selling points: we can offer very fast delivery for our customers, often same day or next day.
“ We’ ve got our own fleet of five delivery vehicles so that, while we do use couriers, we’ re not reliant on them. That’ s where we thrive in the aerospace sector where there are often a lot of unexpected changes in requirements,” Sam adds.“ Another thing that sets us apart is our conversion facility in Sheffield, which encompasses the technical know-how to make bespoke parts for customers. We have an in-house metallurgist, which is highly unusual for a company like us. We’ re qualified as an aerospace manufacturer under AS9100 and a stockholder under AS9120.”
Through its ability to create bespoke conversion routes for non-standard or outof-stock materials on short lead times, the company can meet specific customer requirements quickly and efficiently. Supported by an extensive subcontractor network, Dynamic Metals also delivers products tailored to national, international, and customer-specific specifications.
However, despite continued growth and investment in specialist services, the company – along with many manufacturers across the UK supply chain – is now facing significant uncertainty as the new measures threaten to increase costs, extend lead times, and place additional pressure on an already challenging manufacturing landscape.“ We’ re on for a record year at the moment, but that’ s at threat in July with the looming steel measures, of which the government gave zero consultation to our industry,” Alex reveals.“ None of the materials that we supply into aerospace and F1 can
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