Kestrel Joins QUALICOAT
Nicki Baylis of Kestrel receiving their licence from Angus Mackie - QUALICOAT UK & Ireland Chair
Kestrel Aluminium Systems have recently been awarded a QUALICOAT license for their powder coating plant and process, they join a further twenty-five professional architectural powder coaters across the UK & Ireland who hold the coveted status. The award was presented by QUALICOAT Chair, Angus Mackie of VertikAl to Nicki Baylis of Kestrel at the last Members meeting of 2023 held at QUALICOAT UK & Ireland’s offices in Daventry.
Established in 1989 Kestrel Aluminium Systems began as a distributor of Shopfront Systems. Over the thirty-five years, the privately owned company has grown from strength to strength to become a reputable nationwide fenestration systems house developing commercial and domestic aluminium systems to meet the ever changing needs of the UK market.
More recently Kestrel invested in a ‘state of the art’ powder coating facility at their headquarters in Birmingham. Installed to a high standard, the plant has quickly become established in the region. Nickie Baylis comments on the decision to invest, “To support our customers and offer an unrivalled speedy turnaround of powder coated profiles coated to a high standard, we decided to add a powder coating facility to our group portfolio. With the investment, we always had the intention to become QUALICOAT approved and the Association has been very helpful with advice and support, culminating in the awarding of our QUALICOAT licence at the last members meeting.”
Kestrel’s powder coating facility can handle profiles up to 7m in length and offer further services such as thermal breaking, taping protection and profile stripping when required. The independent nature of the facility offers the ability for coating of own systems and third party profiles and assemblies which ensure complete colour and glass level matching on any project.
The current QUALICOAT Specification is available for download via the UK & Ireland Association website, qualicoatuki.org and the website offers an up-to-date list of licensed UK and Ireland Powder Suppliers, Pretreatment Suppliers and Applicators including the applicators who carry the Seaside class accreditation. Telephone support is available from QUALICOAT UK & Ireland Head Office in the Midlands on 0330 240 9735, the Association can also be followed on Twitter @Qualicoatuki or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/qualicoat-uk-&-ireland.