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Daltons Wadkin Reach New Heights
Wednesday 06 June, 2012
| As far as unusual removal jobs go Daltons Wadkin's recent task of extracting a 3½ ton woodworking machine through the roof of a 2-storey office block in Sheffield was about as bizarre as it gets! The machine, a Wadkin WX Pattern Miller, was required for an export sales opportunity in Zimbabwe but in order to obtain the machine Daltons Wadkin engineers had to find a way of removing it from the offices of a foundry in Sheffield where it had been 'entombed'... |  |
Walford Timber Install Wadkin High Speed Moulder
Tuesday 08 May, 2012
| Walford Timber Limited are essentially a family business originally established in 1945 by Herbert Smith on an ancient sawmill site close to Ross-on-Wye. During the early part of 2011 current MD George Smith, grandson of the founder, took the decision to replace an ageing Robinson Planing and Moulding Machine thereby providing their production facility with higher performance, updated technology, reductions in set up time, ease of operation and above all a heavy duty feed... |  |
Welsh Connection For Daltons Wadkin
Sunday 11 March, 2012
| Picturesque Bodnant Estate, situated in the Conwy Valley in North Wales, is far from an every day destination for equipment produced by Daltons Wadkin. However in June 2011 Joinery Shop Manager Andy Cull and Malcolm Parry-Jones travelled to Nottingham with a view to acquiring woodworking machinery to fully equip a brand new joinery shop to replace an existing facility in an old mill which had been outgrown by the requirements of the estate. |  |
Salvador Crosscut For Somerset Bed Manufacturers
Thursday 23 February, 2012
| Relyon Limited based at Wellington in Somerset are the latest UK company to choose a Salvador Crosscutting System to update and speed up their manufacturing process.The Superpush S200 Optimising Machine was supplied by UK distributors Daltons Wadkin and installed and commissioned by the Daltons Wadkin team last November. Sales Director Andy Walsh who negotiated the sale commented "The Salvador Superpush System represents real value for money and it is a high performance piece of kit. |  |
Stenner Resaw for Ramsay Timber
Saturday 07 January, 2012
| Lancashire based specialist timber importers and machinists Ramsay Timber Ltd approached Daltons Wadkin towards the end of last year regarding the proposed purchase of a new resawing machine.Daltons Wadkin are main UK distributors for Tiverton based Stenner products and Sales Director Andy Walsh was quick to recognize Ramsay's need for a machine which would easily meet their expectations regarding capacity and performance whilst at the same time provide the latest technological advances where health and safety and control systems etc are concerned. |  |
Two Stenners For Mid Sussex Timber
Thursday 22 December, 2011
| In 2009 Mid Sussex Timber situated in Forest Row visited Daltons' stand at the W8 Exhibition to discuss the purchase of a new Stenner ST130 Band Resaw to replace an existing Robinson 36" machine. Subsequent to this Francis Dalton visited the Sussex sawmill with Sales Director Andy Walsh, resulting in an order being placed for the Stenner 130 machine, but this was always regarded as the first stage of a double purchase and in the spring of 2011 interest was renewed in the second machine. |  |
Daltons Wadkin provide Houfek Sanding Technology
Sunday 06 November, 2011
| Mayfield Joinery situated in Crowborough, East Sussex, appreciate fine quality woodworking machinery as indeed they value the high quality of joinery work they produce. Proprietor Bob Avery appreciates that in order to achieve the required build quality and finish for their products it is necessary to be equipped with the very best machinery to meet the standards which they set for themselves. |  |
Nimac Beam Saws for UK Market
Monday 17 October, 2011
| Following the success of the recently introduced Elcon QUADRA (the world's first Vertical Beam Saw) Daltons Wadkin are pleased to add Nimac Horizontal Beam Saws to their range of panel cutting equipment."The Beam Saw market is already crowded and so it was important for us to find the right partner when entering into competition with some of the world's largest woodworking machinery manufacturers" said Alex Dalton. "While we do have success with larger production... |  |
Classical choice for Classic Images
Tuesday 27 September, 2011
| Chessington Surrey based architectural joiners Classical Images approached Daltons Wadkin when they realised that their hardworking Altendorf F45 Sliding Table Panel Saw was in need of a revamp or replacement. The machine had not let them down but lacked some of the technical features of the new models and being an integral and important part of their production facility some wear and tear had taken place over the years. |  |
Two Angles on Northumbria University
Friday 12 August, 2011
| Northumbria University situated in Newcastle-upon-Tyne have just installed independent panel saws for both vertical and horizontal cutting. The machine chosen for their fine art woodwork workshop by Alan Williamson was the super compact Elcon 135D vertical cutting machine and the choice of Trevor Duncan for the City Campus East Design Department was the top of the range Altendorf F45 horizontal saw. Both models were supplied and installed by UK distributors... |  |
Altendorf for James Cropper PLC
Monday 01 August, 2011
| Nottingham based woodworking machinery manufacturers and distributors Daltons Wadkin were recently approached by James Cropper who are major suppliers of speciality papers, bespoke high performance laminar materials for industry applications and also value added paper and board products. Their remit was for a high quality precision sliding table panel cutting machine and after discussions with Alex Dalton the high profile Altendorf WA6.... |  |
Introducing Greda Diva
Thursday 14 July, 2011
| Daltons Wadkin announce an all new 5-Axis CNC Machining Centre from Italian manufacturers Greda which is designed for maximum versatility and brings 5-axis capability to space sensitive applications, occupying a working space of less than 9 square metres.This new concept, incorporating a fixed bridge structure (or gantry) with moving work table, is described by Greda as a 'Pocket' Machining Centre but its strength of build matches in many respects the larger and... |  |
Wadkin Launch New Website
Tuesday 07 June, 2011
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An all new forward looking website is now on line which features a diverse range of services currently represented by Wadkin under the stewardship of new owners Daltons Wadkin as well as recognising past achievements. Designed and researched by Alex Dalton the site highlights Wadkin manufacturing, sales and distribution and also uniquely an archive or 'library' section providing the countless users of Wadkin |
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Wadkin Expand Product Range
Tuesday 31 May, 2011
| Daltons Wadkin, owners of the Wadkin brand and manufacturers of a range of original Wadkin classical machine designs, have announced their intention to increase the number of products bearing the Wadkin name to include equipment manufactured for them.The Nottingham based company which also distributes many other high profile brands in the UK and Ireland including Stenner, Altendorf, Elcon, Salvador, etc, see this... |  |
Two Year Warranty For Elcon Panel Saws
Monday 04 April, 2011
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Daltons Wadkin, UK and Ireland distributors for the Elcon range of Vertical Panel Saws have announced that all new Elcon products supplied after 1 May will be covered by a two year warranty. Commenting on the change Daltons Wadkin Director Andy Walsh said "We do not expect the additional year to cost us very much in view of the high quality and reliability of the Elcon product. |
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Altendorf For Custom Fit
Friday 25 February, 2011
| Custom Fit, manufacturers of bedroom furniture situated in Poole, Dorset, have purchased a new Altendorf WA80TE Sliding Table Panel Saw from distributors Daltons Wadkin in order to update and improve the manufacture of furniture which is supplied both to the domestic market and also to commercial developers, hotel chains, etc. |  |
Aberdeen College Relocate and Re-Equip
Friday 24 December, 2010
| After talks with Daltons Wadkin including site meetings in Aberdeen during 2009, a contract was placed with the Nottingham based woodworking machinery distributors and manufacturers to provide new machinery to meet the college's relocation and expansion plans.Daltons Wadkin Sales Director Andy Walsh who negotiated the contract was successful in not only putting a package of machinery together to the value of some quarter of a million pounds but also took on the responsibility of removing a number of existing... |  |
W G Burbrdge Choose Elcon For Their Board Sizing Service
Wednesday 22 December, 2010
| Timber merchants W G Burbridge based in Ramsgate, Kent, have installed a new Elcon 135D Vertical Panel Saw at their timber yard in order to provide a space efficient and effective saw to improve the availability of sized panels and other materials for their ever growing customer base. The company approached Daltons Wadkin who fortunately had exactly the right machine which not only ticked all the boxes regarding overall size... |  |
Daltons Wadkin Reach North Devon Coast
Wednesday 08 December, 2010
| Profile Manufacturing based in the ancient market town of Bideford on the Atlantic seaboard chose Altendorf in order to meet an increasing need for reliable fast and accurate panel sizing for their growing joinery, shop and bar fitting business. After considering Profile's requirements and the cutting accuracy needed Alex Dalton recommended the world renowned Altendorf range and assisted Mark Adcock in selecting a WA8T sliding table... |  |
Daltons Wadkin Assist Offshore Oil Industry
Tuesday 23 November, 2010
| Aiken Group Limited of Aberdeen is a leading provider of engineering and construction solutions for offshore installations. These include modular office and administration units together with associated design, engineering, project management and construction services on an international scale. The company approached Daltons Wadkin because they needed a vertical sawing unit for cutting a variety of materials used in their manufacturing... |  |
Dramatic Aplication For Altendorf Panel Saw
Wednesday 17 November, 2010
| West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds placed their trust in Daltons Wadkin when they came to replace an existing Sliding Table Panel Saw with a new machine which was required to provide a substantial technical advance together with improved accuracy and ease of operation. As distributors for Altendorf, the world's leading Sliding Table Saw manufacturer, Daltons Wadkin were quick to recommend a machine from this high profile range and after discussions... |  |
Daltons Wadkin Presence Established At W10
Friday 15 October, 2010
| Daltons Wadkin seized a major opportunity of establishing their new branding at W10, having two significant stands highlighting the entire range of services provided by the company which has plans to further increase its profile in 2010/11. Three examples from the classical range of woodworking machines manufactured by the company in the UK were displayed together with features highlighting their Support Services Division. These include tooling and spare parts... |  |
Jacksons Fencing Go For Kuper
Wednesday 01 September, 2010
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A new Kuper SWT23XL5 Planer/Moulder has been installed at the Ashford Kent works of H S Jackson and Son (Fencing) Ltd by machinery distributors Daltons Wadkin. The machine which incorporated a short infeed table to special order, touch screen controls, centralised lubrication, powerful (11 kW) motors to each cutterhead... |
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Daltons Wadkin Meet The Deadline
Wednesday 01 September, 2010
| Deadline Cutting Ltd are Watford based bespoke shopfitting and exhibition stand manufacturers who although established for some 6 or 7 years and with a growing customer base had an urgent need to speed up production. Their particular problem was the sizing of boards used in their manufacturing process with the result that the proprietor Phil Spinks approached Daltons Wadkin in an effort to find the best solution |  |
Stenner Boosts Production at Cargo Pallets
Wednesday 23 June, 2010
| A leading supplier in the north east of pallets and crates for the packing industry, Cargo Pallets Ltd, a family owned business spanning three generations, approached woodworking machine distributors and manufacturers Daltons as they required to significantly increase their production of sawn timber... |  |
New Crosscutting Technology For Stadium Packing Services
Wednesday 09 June, 2010
| Woodworking machinery distributors and manufacturers Daltons supplied, installed and commissioned the new Salvador Superpush 200 Fully Automatic Optimising Crosscutting Machine equipped with infeed and outfeed tables. The machine is designed to operate at 60 metres per minute and is operating at double the capacity of the previous German manufactured Crosscut... |  |
Wadkin Now In Safe Hands
Thursday 13 May, 2010
| Following the liquidation of Wadkin Limited earlier this year the intellectual property rights have been purchased by Nottingham based woodworking machinery distributors and manufacturers Daltons. This move in effect brings together two long established woodworking machinery suppliers who have traded with each other for over 50 years and accumulated over 200 years... |  |
High water at Cockermouth
Wednesday 12 May, 2010
| When W H (Billy) Paterson was confronted with the sight of his timber yard resembling a boating lake on 19 November last year there was little he could do initially but wait for the water to go down. After 36 hours of continuous rain the nearby river had burst its banks with devastating effect for Cockermouth and Workington, and the Paterson timber yard at nearby Brigham incorporating the businesses of brothers Billy and Jim Paterson was flooded up to a depth of several feet... |  |
