SUSTAINED growth over the past two years has meant a move to new premises for Wellingborough specialist welding firm JC Weldfab, providing a more suitable base for the company to continue to serve the high performance motors sector. With two or three Formula 1 teams already on its client list, as well as specialist parts suppliers and motorsport enthusiasts from across the UK, the new premises in Saxon Court on the Finedon Road Industrial Estate will enable JC Weldfab to expand its offering. Four times the size of the firm’s former premises, the new unit has room for a CNC tube bender, a
SUSTAINED growth over the past two years has meant a move to new premises for Wellingborough specialist welding firm JC Weldfab, providing a more suitable base for the company to continue to serve the high performance motors sector. With two or three Formula 1 teams already on its client list, as well as specialist parts suppliers and motorsport enthusiasts from across the UK, the new premises in Saxon Court on the Finedon Road Industrial Estate will enable JC Weldfab to expand its offering. Four times the size of the firm’s former premises, the new unit has room for a CNC tube bender, and plans are afoot to invest in a lathe and milling equipment to allow more work to be carried out in-house without the need to outsource certain manufacturing processes. Jonathan Crossland, who founded the company with Michael Moyers five years ago, said: “Things are really moving forward now and we are ready to grow and expand. Mark Broster has joined us as Workshop Manager, taking much of the administration, social media and office duties off me and Michael, allowing us to concentrate on what we do best. “We also have Michael Allan, a young welder fabricator, who is proving a valuable addition to the team, and when the new equipment is in place we will take someone on to run the machine shop. “We’d hit a bit of a bottleneck in the old premises, we were at capacity and our lead in times were getting too long for us and our customers, now we can expand what we do, get manufacturing processes in place that speed up the work, and take on more work as a result.” JC Weldfab already carries out performance welding and fabrication for a number of teams in the world of motorsport, including those in Formula 1, rallying, touring cars and Time Attack, providing them with anything from exhaust systems and roll cages to pit equipment, suspension components along with aluminium, titanium and stainless fabricated components. “Once your name gets known in the motorsport world, you do get enquiries from other teams but you have to be able to deliver and now that we are here and investing in new equipment, we will be able to respond to more of those enquiries,” said Jonathan. “Having said that, we also do small local jobs, from fixing alloy wheels to making garden water features. If it’s made from metal, chances are we can make it for you.” For further details, contact JC Weldfab on 01933 274579 or visit the website www.jcweldfab.co.uk