Released 20th August 2007

Oldham-based signmakers' materials dealer Everything for Signs needed a vertical panel saw to enable them to break into a new market: Sagetech's Koolkut KK16 made it happen.

Established some seven years ago, the company began by specialising in the supply of sign vinyl, as the North West's dealer for Metamark Ltd. Everything for Signs has always traded on its rapid delivery and personal service. Perhaps not surprisingly, the company has many loyal customers.

In 2005, Managing Director Sandy Gray decided to pursue the sales opportunity afforded by aluminium composite sheet materials. He began to look for a tool suitable for cutting such materials.

"My first thought was a table saw," he remembered, "But cutting 10 x 5 or even 8 x 4 sheets on a table saw requires a very large area, and two or three operators. I had neither of those luxuries!"