‘Qualicoat Welcomes ACP’

ACP Coatings Limited are the latest architectural powder coating specialists to join the ranks of the Qualicoat UK & Ireland Association. The Association continues to see a rise in membership and the standard is now widely specified by systems companies and increasingly within building specifications.
Based in Elland, West Yorkshire; ACP was formed by Stewart and Andrew Swallow to provide a quality architectural coating service within the North East region. The company was named after Stewart’s three sons; Andrew, Christopher and Paul.

Since its formation, the company has grown rapidly and now runs two fully automated horizontal coating plants and a staff of 30 within a 25,000 sq ft facility. The company has the capacity to handle 7m lengths through both pre-treatment and the powder coating process and can also offer both resin fill and polyamide thermal breaks.

Andrew comments on the reasons for joining Qualicoat, “One of the main reasons for joining Qualicoat was ACP Coatings aim to achieve the highest possible standard available for architectural finishes and to be able to offer an exceptional quality finish, keeping our customers at the forefront of the industries advancing technology.”

Qualicoat have very stringent levels of monitoring and testing during the powder coating process. ACP’s technical laboratory is fully equipped to the highest quality standard and is closely coupled with the fully automated production facility which ensures testing and traceability records are readily available.

On being asked about the benefits gained so far from membership, Andrew comments, “My first impressions of the Qualicoat membership, having now attended two Qualicoat meetings, is that it’s a good forum to meet other applicators, pre-treatment specialist and powder suppliers. The ability to be able to discuss and contribute on the powder coating specifications is also of great benefit to our business.”

Joining Qualicoat has also allowed the company to become approved applicators of all the leading suppliers of architectural grade powders and ACP Coatings now aim to grow their client portfolio based on quality and service.