Alpha Rail has moved to a purposely designed factory after investing over £800k in refurbishments which will significantly improve the speed of our railings manufacturing processes and further improve customer service.

Founded in 1985, Alpha Rail has over 30 years of metal fabricating expertise and is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of metal railings. We have been involved in many prestigious projects across the UK and local projects have included the Hucknall Town Centre Improvement Scheme, the A453 widening project on Remembrance Way and the £5.2m renovation of Forest Recreation Ground.

Previously based in Kirkby in Ashfield, we had outgrown our old premises and over the years had expanded office capacity using temporary buildings, which were no longer fit for purpose and in late 2015, the Directors decided to invest in future growth and relocate to a site which represented the quality of our end product.

Commenting, Alpha Rail Finance Director Mark Sipson said, “It’s fair to say that our old premises had become very dilapidated and it was getting quite embarrassing when visitors came to see us. Our new factory has been designed to streamline work flow which will help increase productivity and business efficiency. We are delighted with our new environment which also benefits from the latest in environmentally efficient heating and lighting systems.”

The new premises are located on Nunn Brook Rise, built in 1984, initially comprised four separate units. Alpha Rail has developed the site to create one open plan unit which now provides over 16,000 square feet of floor space and two storey office space.

Over £800k has been invested to include redesigning of the factory floor to accommodate metalworking machinery and dedicated areas for each fabricating process. Modern staff canteen and locker areas have also been installed. The interior fit out has provided a reception area, new meeting rooms, bright and airy offices for the estimating team and CAD technicians, finance, sales and admin staff as well as easy to access archive storage areas.

Alpha Rail Sales Director Phil Ball added, “The new factory now reflects the quality of the end product we manufacture. The increase in production capacity and speed in which we can now put metalwork through each fabrication process will enable us to promote our expertise further. This will hopefully increase the number of commercial projects we do for public sector organisations, building contractors, landscape architects, building and civil engineers, fencing and landscaping contractors.”

Funding for the factory and refurbishments was arranged by Alan Mele, Relationship Director at Barclays. Commenting he said, “I am delighted that we have been able to support the company in the next phase of their development and look forward to working with them in the future as they implement their growth plan.”

The company is committed to providing local employment opportunities and a number of local contractors were involved in the factory refurbishments. These included, Crown Construction (Contracting) Ltd, Alan Benfield Ltd Electrical Contractors, PM Property Maintenance, Newview Digitech Ltd, Attenborough Doors Ltd, Premier Heating Services (East Midlands) Ltd.

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