WEC acquires Bournemouth-based precision laser cutting firm

WEC Group, the Darwen-based fabrication and contract manufacturing company, has expanded its presence in the south with the acquisition of Bournemouth's Laser Profiles Ltd.

Laser Profiles, in business for more than 25 years, is home to an array of technology including a fully automated state-of-the-art Trumpf fibre laser delivering high quality, high-speed cutting.

It also operates an Adige fibre tube laser, enabling it to supply round tubes, box section, angle and channel profiles, and offers a full suite of in-house fabrication services including precision sheet metalwork and welding. 

WEC itself is the UK’s largest metal profiling and fabrication company in the UK with 25 laser cutting machines, 23 press brakes, 3 waterjet cutting machines high-definition plasma cutting machines, as well as over 40 CNC Machines, 200 skilled welders, 13 robotic welding cells, and full in-house powder coating and wet painting capabilities.

James Pickles, service centre manager at WEC Group, said: "The addition of Laser Profiles to the WEC Group represents another important milestone in our ongoing expansion plans, and as our first manufacturing site in the South of the UK, it will open the door to further growth as we gain access to new target markets."