manufacturing

John Bercow nominates ercol

November 15, 2011
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MP for Buckingham and Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, visited ercol on Friday 11th November.  He spent several hours having the full tour of the works, seeing all the stages involved in making a piece of ercol furniture – from machining, timber bending and

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ercol factory virtual tour

June 30, 2011
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Wanted to look round the ercol factory, but not had the opportunity?  Well now you can explore our factory from the comfort of your (ercol) chair, with our new virtual tour.  The tour enables you to explore the various different departments within our factory, following the embedded arrows to journey between them or using the [...]

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Quality in Manufacturing

February 10, 2011
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We were delighted to welcome delegates to the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers’ “Quality in Manufacturing” course, which took part at the ercol factory on Wednesday.  The Worshipful Company runs a series of courses for both the retail and the manufacturing side of the furniture trade. The seminar included a tour of the ercol factory [...]

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ercol timber – elm

May 19, 2010
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Wood is at the heart of ercol furniture and we take great care over our sourcing and selection of timber.  Originally, ercol sourced its timber, primarily elm, from the UK, but after the extinction of elm here through Dutch elm disease we had to look further abroad.  That was the start of what would prove [...]

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Electricity use reduced

February 17, 2010
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We feel the environment comes naturally to ercol, with our long-lasting furniture made from wood in our energy efficient factory at Princes Risborough.  However, since we moved into our new premises we have tried every year to reduce our energy consumption.  Our heat and hot water are supplied from burning our wood waste in our [...]

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MGM

February 10, 2010
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No, not a major film studio, the MGM is the Manufacturing Guild Mark, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers.  The MGM is awarded as a mark of distinction to a select band of manufacturers, based on a range of criteria, which include a commitment to design, quality of making, efficiency of manufacturing, a [...]

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Hall of fame

December 22, 2009
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In our Showroom we have a long wooden board, into which the names of those with 21 years service are carved.  There are now 583 names on this roll of honour.  This December a further five colleagues have been presented with the 21 year award in recognition of their contribution to the company. As well [...]

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The art of steam bending

November 17, 2009
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Steam bending is an amazing sight to see – that a straight solid piece of timber can be made pliable and bent into such extreme curves almost beggars belief.  It is an art that ercol has refined over the decades and which we use on many of our chairs to give their beautiful chair bows. [...]

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