Based on the Newton Trading Estate, within the facility of long established engineering distributor Tewkesbury Saw, the showroom is now exhibiting Starrett’s extensive range of band saw machines six days a week.
Starrett’s UK manufacturing headquarters is the company’s 200,000 ft2 site in Jedburgh, Scotland. The Scottish base forms the epicentre of its UK and European operations. The new demonstration zone in Tewkesbury will be a more central, and easily accessed venue to offer contractors in the south of England and the Midlands the opportunity to view the band saw machines in action.
Starrett’s band saw range includes bench top, gravitational, manual and semi-automatic machines, all designed for a variety of specialised applications. The bench top machines, for example, are ideal for maintenance workshops and metalworking and Starrett has recently added a new bench top machine to this range, the S1105. The new model is considerably lighter than other bench top saws in Starrett’s portfolio and as a result, is ideal for use by contractors and hobbyists alike.
In contrast, Starrett’s collection of semi-automatic band saw machines are much larger in scale and are more suited to heavy duty applications. Like all of Starrett’s band saw range, the semi-automatic machines comply with all of the required CE safety standards.
“Tewkesbury Saws has been a Starrett customer for many years,” explains John Cove, marketing manager at Starrett. “The new showroom, which will be housed on the second floor of the Tewkesbury Saws facility, will provide potential customers with easy access to the machines.
He adds: “We’ve got a long history of excellence in the band saw sector, and this isn’t just a result of strong design and manufacturing. We work closely with our customers to help them find the best machine for their needs, and opening this new showroom will help us expand our capabilities in this regard. The showroom will be staffed by experts trained by our team of specialists, so they will be able to answer any questions customers may have regarding our machines.”
Starrett manufactures and supplies a wide variety of band saw blades for every cutting application, including carbide and diamond, bi-metal, carbon, woodcutting and more.
There is no appointment necessary to visit the new Tewkesbury demonstration area and the zone is open to the public from Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and Saturday mornings.
