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New staff suggestions scheme

EPC has launched a new suggestions
scheme to encourage every staff member to feel confident enough to share their
ideas on how the business can evolve its quality, productivity, process control
and customer care.

Keen to connect the whole team in creating the …

Meet Paul, our friendly Technical Manager

Paul Tonkinson
has worked at EPC for 31 years. He started off in our lacquer shop back in the
days when we added
a protective layer of lacquer over our nickel, copper and brass coatings.
Things have moved on a great deal since …

Christmas Celebrations

The EPC teams have been getting into the Christmas spirit and celebrating the festive season together – there have been trips to the dog racing, christmas party world at the NEC and a proper night out for curry and …

Dorken annual conference

Andy, Jamie and John recently visited Frankfurt to attend
the Dorken annual conference.

They spent two days alongside Dorken customers learning all
the latest from the company and their analysis of what is going on in the
market place.

The conference covered technical seminars …

Sweet by name sweet by nature

It’s time you met Gemma Sweet, if you don’t know her already!

Gemma has worked for EPC for 13 years. She came to us by chance through an agency when she was looking to switch from retail to an office …

New equipment up and running

The final stages of our latest investment in new equipment are now complete.The project has been running for a year, and the last month has seen the culmination of building alterations and final commissioning of our new robotic dip …

Clay Shooting Event

We held our popular clay shooting event for customers, suppliers and friends of EPC last week at Oakedge Shooting Ground in Staffordshire.

It absolutely chucked it down with rain but that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits (or competitive banter!)

Now in its …

Testing, testing…

Work continues to install our new line for corrosion protective coatings.

All equipment is now on site and commissioning of the new plant continues. Mains services are now connected and most importantly, our roof is back on!

We are …

Preparing for new £1m equipment

We’ve been planning for major change for weeks at EPC. 

Our new Zinc flake and top coat (dip spin) equipment is completing the final stages of its journey from Detroit and Barcelona so we’ve been undertaking building works to ensure …

Fun at the football

Andy, Jamie, Simon and John enjoyed the kind hospitality of Arconic (who sponsor Telford United) at the New Bucks Stadium.

They watched a tense game against Gloucester City where Telford went two goals down in the first half but a …

Sarah’s success

Sarah joined EPC in 2006 as payroll clerk and over the years
she has spent time dealing with all aspects of accounts for the business.

She has been Office Manager since 2013 and is responsible
for the day to day running of …

Fun day fishing with our EPC friends

The third annual EPC fishing day was held locally this month. 26 staff, customers and suppliers spent the day in fierce competition to catch the biggest haul of fish!

Our winner was Mark Skidmore from Peterson Spring who caught …

Old friends & new horizons

It’s a small industry with strong relationships and old faces popping up in new places.

Fred Schultz and Kevin Dyche spent time with Andy and Jamie this week on their way to a global meeting in Barcelona.

EPC have known Fred …

New high-tech equipment

Andy, Jamie, Paul and Will visited Sidasa in Barcelona to see revolutionary new equipment in action.

They viewed the robotic coating equipment that is soon to be installed back at the factory and also visited a similarly tech-advanced pre-treatment line …

Meet Andy our line operator

Andy is a popular member of EPC staff with exceptional knowledge and experience of our business.

Andy works as a zinc nickel operator on a shift basis and enjoys the fact that every day is different with changing and …

Fantasy Football Winner Announced

After a full season of highs and lows and many a
conversation about match results, upcoming fixtures, team updates and transfer
advice, the results are finally in!

The 2018/2019 Fantasy Football winner is Lee our Production
Manager.

Lee has added his name to the …

£1 M investment in equipment upgrade

At EPC we’re constantly investing in the business to ensure we have the latest technology to deliver a fast and stable service.

This protects our high standards on quality and turn-around times to keep our customers happy.

We’ve had to move …