De-Met look to the future

By De-Met Limited
schedule2nd Jul 20

Two new LVD EasyForm press brakes are helping Dudley-based subcontractor De-Met dramatically reduce the time from design to part. The machines are also fitted with programmable sheet supports that allow it to form large thin sheets without them being damaged by buckling or creasing. This has allowed one of its customers to offer an enhanced product range on industrial metal doors.

The company was founded in 1998 and acquired by GIL Investments six years ago. It is now a direct subsidiary of one of GIL’s businesses, Davicon, a specialist in mezzanine floors and associated equipment for applications such as automated warehouses.

Lee Kempson, Operations Director and one of the original owners of the business, explains: “Davicon relies on us to make many of their smaller items. That has introduced a whole range of new products including staircases, step-overs for automated conveyors, workstations, sorting benches and so on. That is on top of all the subcontract work we have traditionally done, which ranges from steel partitioning to garden patio heaters and items for kit cars and the automotive aftermarket.”

He says that everything De-Met produces is subcontract work and that it sets itself apart from other sheet metal and laser cutting companies by offering a complete service from start to finish.

This stretches from helping customers develop their designs using the latest Inventor 3D design software through to punching or laser cutting, bending, fabricating, finishing and shipping directly to the final customer on-site. Powder coating is carried out by our onsite sister company De-Met Colourcoat.

 “Since being taken over the business has more than doubled its turnover. We have put on a second shift and we are really looking to push and expand the business.”

De-Met Ltd and Demet Colourcoat are ISO9001 2015 and CE mark accredited, ensuring quality from start to finish.

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