Having relocated from Flitcham to larger premises in King’s Lynn, Tefloturn Ltd has taken on more people — to meet demand — and is now looking to greatly increase its capacity by acquiring a 32mm sliding-head lathe to complement its current Star sliding-head and XYZ turning and milling machines.

These investments are being made on the back of existing PSL Datatrack production control software, which continues to give Tefloturn far-reaching benefits in its business administration and production control.

The company supplies components in PTFE and other plastic materials to industries that include food and dairy, electrical, medical and engineering.

As a small company priding itself on personal service, its main problem had been the amount of time — five days a week — spent manually generating and typing quotations for customers.

That changed when managing director Mick Finney heard about PSL Datatrack production control software (www.psldatatrack.com) from a colleague in the metal sub-contract engineering sector.

“This was the type of system we needed as a plastics parts manufacturer.

“It could relieve all the manual administration around quotations. Having arranged for PSL Datatrack to visit us and give a demonstration, we quickly made the decision to invest in a software package.”

The company initially opted for modules that covered the key aspects of its business, including quotations, works orders, process layouts, deliveries, invoicing and job costing.

Subsequently, purchasing, goods received and material stock control modules were added — and even more may be added in the future.

‘Getting products out of the door’ is Tefloturn’s number-one challenge and by centralising everything through PSL Datatrack, it is able to fulfil its requirements in the most efficient way.