Onward and upwards for DA TECHS

DA TECHS has moved to bigger commercial premises in Adlington due to huge demand for its wheel repair services.

Over the past year the company has seen a 200% increase in sales, is now repairing nearly 700 wheels per month, has taken on more staff, and now has eight technicians – including four who were previously unemployed.

The move to new premises follows an earlier refit of its previous premises on the same industrial park over the summer, including the installation of a larger oven. Just a few short months later it became clear that bigger premises would be needed to keep up with demand.

Chairman Pete Radcliffe said, ‘Over the summer we invested in new machinery and increased efficiency at our existing unit but it was clear that with the level of demand being received we were running out of space to store and process the wheels being repaired.  

‘Along with the need for new premises, we’re really proud about the skilled employment opportunities we are offering to local people. There’s so much talent around but it often seems like young people aren’t able to realise their potential because there’s only limited choices on offer.  What we provide is unique, so we’ve had to develop our own training programme and it’s worked really well for us – our apprentice technicians are excellent and keen to learn new skills.’

Along with moving to the new unit in December 2018, DA TECHS will be putting another mobile alloy repair vehicle on the road by March. The second van will deal with repairs to ordinary alloy wheels– a service DA TECHS as a diamond alloy specialist had not originally planned to offer but has added to its portfolio due to demand from both private clients who bring their wheels for repair to the unit and car dealers who need volume repairs.