John Savage (Managing Director), Simon Bowden (Head of Manufacturing) and Vanessa Summers (Administration) were delighted to welcome students from the Raphael Independent School in Hornchurch, Essex; to SEHBAC’s Factory in Ipswich last week.

The year 10 Business Studies students visited in order to further their understanding of the manufacturing processes employed by companies like SEHBAC.

Accompanied by their teachers Mrs Willis and Mrs Gilbert, the students were first given an introduction to the company’s history and current structure, before touring the factory floor.

There we explained the processes we use when manufacturing windows and conservatories, and went on to show examples of the finished products in our Ipswich show centre.

We then took a break for lunch. 

A little bird told us it was Mrs Willis’ birthday, so we couldn’t resist spoiling her with a surprise birthday cake - well it’s not a proper birthday without cake is it?

After lunch we took some questions from the students, and were particularly impressed by Priya who asked some excellent questions on our production methods.

All in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable day, and it was an absolute pleasure to have the students and their teachers visit. 

A write up of the visit can also be viewed on the Raphael Independent School’s website.