Manufacturer hits every target with export boost

MANUFACTURER Static Solutions have been given a boost to help them target markets in the US and Canada.

The Barnsley-based firm manufactures anti-static paint spray guns for industrial purposes, and has been given a £55,000 hit from Finance Yorkshire’s Business Loans division to help export expansion.

Static will acquire new engineering tools directly targeted at the US and Canadian motor industries, and it is the third time regional funding body Finance Yorkshire have invested in the business.

Static Solutions develops products to reduce re-work needed due to static created in the paint finishing process and mainly supplies the printing, film and plastics manufacturing sectors.

Commercial director Vicky Hirst said: “The capital from Finance Yorkshire will assist with tooling and patent costs for the Pro-Start, a smaller, more cost-effective version of our existing spray gun. It is aimed specifically at the US and Canadian automotive markets, where there is a growing awareness of the problems caused by static, and the imperfect finish it causes.

“There are well over 30,000 body shops in the US, so the potential for a product which reduces costly re-work, is clear to see. The adverse effects of static in the paint-finishing process haven’t really been understood or realised, but that is now starting to change, both here in the UK and overseas, and we are confident of the demand for our product.

“To date we have sold around 800 anti-static guns to body shops in the UK and plan to introduce the Pro-Start here within the next 18 months.”

Finance Yorkshire portfolio manager David Ward said: “Static Solutions has shown steady and consistent growth since its formation, with an innovative range of products which bring real cost and productivity benefits to the end-user.
“We are confident that the new Pro-Start gun, with its size and cost advantages, will be very successful, both here in the UK and in the US and Canada.”

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