Since I started working with Universal, back in the mists of time, the number of machines leaving the factory in Ipswich has been increasing. For the first few years the increase in the number of machines being packed up and shipped off to customers was raising at a healthily steady rate. In the last few years production has really ramped up. It’s a real pleasure to be in the factory when a machine is being shipped to a customer. All the designers, production staff, machine fitters, electricians, machinists and everyone else also get a kick out of seeing a machine leave us for a new home. The space left by departing machines on the factory floor is never empty for more than what seems like a few minutes. As soon as one machine is gone another build starts in its place. I don’t think I’m at liberty to reveal how many slitting machines leave this factory each year, but something I can say for sure is that Universal are asserting their place as a world-leadin...
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