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Project part-financed by the European Union
C3S Group, based in Elland, West Yorkshire are experts in meeting the safety and security needs of the corporate sector. This ranges from the production of specialised reinforced glass to fire-resistant and smoke-control systems in the workplace.
UKTI is working with C3S Securiglass as the company expands its international operations.
With a fully staffed marketing office already set up in Hong Kong, the company’s latest venture is the opening of a glass-cutting centre in China to supply its customers in the Far East.
Chairman Graham Midgley said: “For some time now we have been supplying substantial orders destined for some prestigious projects in the Far East. But we felt we could be doing more to pick up some of the day-to-day business in that market – which would not be cost-effective to pursue from the UK.
“Our plant in China allows us to cut glass to meet more of the routine orders and ship to customers in the Far East in two to three days. That’s the same service level that we give to our UK customers.
“With our new capacity we have recently been able to meet large orders involving 2000 square metres of glass, as well as being able to cut and deliver much smaller orders for five and six square metres. This is the kind of flexibility that we would not have had without the new plant.”
Brian Aungiers, UK Trade & Investment’s international trade adviser at West Yorkshire Business Link has been working with C3S for some time. Brian said: “With our international teams based all over the world we have been able to offer the company added support in their overseas projects in the Far East.
“The UK Trade & Investment teams based in the embassies are able to gather information on the ground for British companies. On this basis they have been able to supply C3S Securiglass with the very latest market reports on a number of countries where they want to develop business.”
With the 2008 Olympics in China just around the corner, C3S Securiglass is expecting business in the Far East to grow rapidly - and it is now in the best position to respond effectively.
