I first began working with Cube 10 years ago, whilst at a former company based in Coventry producing tooling and low volume production parts for a supercar OEM. Fast forward to January 2019 and now working for SAC & Co. Engineering Design Ltd, I was looking to place a pack of tooling for a specific project. Cube was the natural choice to ask for a quote as I had been impressed the first time, I had confidence in Cube and knew that our existing relationship would become stronger.
The project included cast iron press draw tooling for very high spec vehicle which we initially approached a number of suppliers to quote. Once our team had created and simulated the tool designs and we needed to outsource the tooling manufacture, tool try out and pressing to follow, Cubes capacity (14 CNC machines, 2 try out presses upto 1,000T and laser scanning for component verification) meant they were the natural choice for a turnkey solution.
The team at Cube are very experienced and experts in their field, this gave us great confidence. With a project under very tight time constraints and critical path, we need to trust that the supplier will deliver on time. The team delivered on the commitment from the management team manufacturing a quality product within the time compressed time frames. With regular updates from our dedicated project manager there was no requirement for us to “stand over the supplier to make sure that they’re doing what they say they would”.
The project was very intense, with moving targets and manufacturing issues, typical on a project of this type. Neil and the team kept us informed throughout, we had complete transparency so there were no hidden surprises & I was kept up to date of planned changes or if more work was involved. This is an important factor to me when managing the budget for the whole project such as this.
We have a positive relationship with the team at Cube, who are always proactive and going the extra mile, giving recommendations and ability to flex with the project, always thinking on their feet about solutions.
Cube are a strong, capable trustworthy partner that helped us to achieve delivery of the project.
We have other potential future projects coming up and look forward to continuing our working relationship with Cube
Trevor Freund
SAC Design