New Factory Opening September 2010
In September last year we had our official opening of our new factory and hosted 80 architects and guests to a function with live jazz and a sushi supper. The evening started with a sun control presentation by Guy Etherington for which CPD points were issued to participating architects after which the factory was opened by Mr Louis Steyn - The President of the Cape Institute of Architects. This fun evening was attended by guests as far as Johannesburg and went on until late in the evening. A memorable night for all.

New appointments
Danelle Theart has joined us in the role of office manager . In the short 3 months she has been with us fantastic changes have already occurred with the introduction and management of various systems. We are extremely lucky to have her on board and look forward to many more innovations

New Factory
After 3 years of continual expansion we needed new and larger premises which were found in a new complex in Brackenfell. The decision was taken to purchase our own factory which allowed us to customize it to our needs. All involved with Etherington Aluminium are extremely pleased with the results as each of the areas was designed to suit the specific task undertaken in that area.

Striebig Wall Router
In order to speed up manufacture in the composite panel division of our business we have recently purchased a brand new Striebig Standard 2 electronic vertical panel saw and router. This state of the art machine will greatly increase efficiency in that it allows us to manufacture material we previously had to outsource. The following picture shows our contract managers Taj Mohamed and John Eales cutting the 1st Hulabond boards.

Boulevarde Park update: As previously reported we have completed the 1st phase of the contract for Faircape Construction and have had our scope of works increased by a further R 4,5 million bringing the total contract value to just short of the R6 million mark. We are on track to complete the final phase of the project by end June and will show the full scope of the project in our next update in July. A few progress pictures are in our photo gallery showing the slab edges we have been contracted to clad in Hulabond. The contract now includes installing louvres to all parking garage openings, cladding the slab edges of all 7 buildings, creating dummy columns on 2 of the buildings, cladding the lift shaft tops of 6 of the buildings, cladding the entrance canopies to the buildings, cladding the main Entrance gate and guardhouse edges, fitting aluminium ceilings to the Main Entrance canopy and cladding the parts of the perimeter fence with aluminium panels.

Projects completed since our last update include aerofoil louvre sunscreens and column claddings at House Davisson in Llandudno for Gelbuild contractors – Peerutin Architects Fitting an aerofoil wall screen at House Imerman on Clifton 4th beach for Conruton Construction – Peerutin Architects, Fitting safety screens to 3 levels of funicular entrances including cladding columns and beams for Metle Construction in Clifton – Peerutin Architects. Design and fitment of internal reception screens and external Filligree screens to Cisco for Symmetry Property Developers –Bouwer Architects. Completion of the 1st portion of a R 160K louvre installation at Vincent Pallotti Hospital for GVK Contractors – South Architects. Installation of Hulabond entrance feature and new wash bay cladding at Cape Gate Toyota for the client – Boogertman Architects. Installation of screening louvres to hide geysers and plumbing at Rosenburg residential building for New Age Construction. Pictures of all of the above projects can be seen in our gallery section under the relevant projects.

New Appointment
John Eales joined us on 15 January 2009. John completed his Architectural Technologist diploma at Cape Technikon at the end of 2007. He then did a B.Tech degree in Project Management which he completed this year. Although he has assisted us on a casual basis during his studies, he now becomes a full time member of our team. We look forward to many innovations from him over the coming years.

Etherington recently celebrated 4 years in business and welcomed back Mr Yusuf Mohammed as head of our installation team. Read more

Updated 08 December 2011