Looking for alternative supplier for aluminium trays

[Peter Mindham]

Hi Warren. I use a local metal fabricator to make mine. Half the price and easier to deal with. Have a look around as I am sure you will have one local.

Peter

[Eddie Gracie]

Warren what area mate

eddie

[Martin Cole]

quote Warren Beard:

Hi All

Who else besides Ashby make aluminium trays in RAL colours?

http://www.applelecsign.co.uk

[Eddie Gracie]

http://smart-group.co.uk/sign_trays.htm

http://www.outdoorplasticfurniture.co.u … .php?id=88

http://www.traysigns.co.uk/

[Martin Pearson]

Are they companies you would use yourself Eddie? The last one doesn’t seem to do ally tray’s though. Had a quick look and could only see folded composite trays.

[Warren Beard]

Thanks guys, send details off to 4 companies found on google on Monday evening and not one response 😮

will have to pay Ashby’s price then 😕

cheers

warren

[Tim Painter]

Warren try powder coaters as well as they will have links to to fabricators.

I’m local to Ashby and use them for some stuff and a local powder coater / fabricator for other.

[Denise Goodfellow]

I have been ringing around today for a quote on a 8m tray.

Ashbys were the cheapest.

SMP were the dearest.

[Colin Crow]

Personally use Ashby but Blackburns have been chasing my business

http://www.blackburnsmetals.com/product … vices.html

May be worth a try?

Colin

[Mo Gillis-Coates]

I have a 20ft x 4ft tray to do, I can’t find a better price than ashby anywhere… £580 inc

[Warren Beard]

Thanks guys.

I’ll tell you why I was going to look around as I always just buy from Ashby. Customer chose a RAL colour which was not "standard" and I wasn’t aware they had standard colours, it’s a brown and there is only 1 brown Ashby have as standard and it’s very very dark for what the customer wanted, it’s quiet a bit more for them to use a non standard colour and before trying to explain to my customer that colour will cost more (after the fact as I never knew it) I wanted to try find a more competitive price to try avoid that or it costing me the profit on the tray 😕

Thanks anyway, still no response from those other 4 companies in 2 days now, they must have too much work 😕

cheers

Warren

[Gary Birch]

quote Warren Beard:

Thanks guys.

I’ll tell you why I was going to look around as I always just buy from Ashby. Customer chose a RAL colour which was not “standard” and I wasn’t aware they had standard colours, it’s a brown and there is only 1 brown Ashby have as standard and it’s very very dark for what the customer wanted, it’s quiet a bit more for them to use a non standard colour and before trying to explain to my customer that colour will cost more (after the fact as I never knew it) I wanted to try find a more competitive price to try avoid that or it costing me the profit on the tray 😕

Thanks anyway, still no response from those other 4 companies in 2 days now, they must have too much work 😕

cheers

Warren

You could always buy it in mill finish and then find a local powder coating company.

Worth a thought maybe.

We by lots of trays from a local fabricator and then flood coat them. That works too.

Cheers

Gary

[David Hammond]

I’ve had some prices in for my first sign tray.

http://www.ethorn.co.uk seemed the cheapest for me.

[Warren Beard]

Just an update to keep the facts straight 😳 I was looking at the wrong colour list and didn’t notice the paint tab which showed all the RAL colour. There was a close enough colour to chose from in the end so sorted. :lol1:

cheers

Warren