Wakefield-based Atkin Automation has won a six figure contract from a major UK supplier of construction fastenings.

The company designed and manufactured a twin strip press feed line that effectively doubles the customer’s production capacity for one of its main product lines.

It also allows multiple coils to be loaded onto one mandrel, to further improve efficiency by reducing changeover times.

Geoff Barker, Atkin Automation sales manager, said: “This project is a great example of our complete service, from
design to commissioning of a press feed line. We have over 70 years’ history of producing machines of this type, and
the new line will bring major benefits for the customer.”

The company, originally WT Atkin and founded in 1938, is now part of Group Rhodes (www.grouprhodes.co.uk), which manufactures capital equipment for the clay-working, metal-forming and materials-handling industries.

There are a number of businesses within the group that provide original equipment manufacture and after-market services for different markets. These include Rhodes Interform, Hallamshire Engineering Services and Craven Fawcett.