UK Sails Northwest Formally Announces New Loft

Something big has been in the planning for over a year at UK Sails NW, and next month we will break ground on a new loft. The new loft will is designed to increase not only our productivity but capability. Over the last year we have been working to moving more of our capabilities back in-house. While the current trend is for outsourcing to China and other Asian countries we feel there is room in the market for your local sailmakers to still thrive. Although during peak season and for smaller production sails we will still rely on some of the larger UK lofts for production. The new facilities will double our floor space and we will be adding a larger sewing machine and a plotter to our arsenal. This will make us capable again of going from raw materials to completed sails.
This is going to benefit our customers in several ways,
•    Bigger loft means we are more efficient and therefore will help keep repair cost low.
•    Plotter means we are going not only be able to build sails 100% in house but also will control costs on things that we currently hand cut such as Sail number’s and mainsail covers.
•    Waterfront location means that we will be able to more efficiently pick up and drop off sails in the Sidney area. For larger projects and canvas work we will offer a service dock.

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