Standard Engineering Ltd is the only UK manufacturer of a complete range of NEW shoe repair machinery. In addition Standard recondition most makes including Whitfield, Power and Hardo. Standard are also the sole distributor of the full Flexam range of equipment to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
From this enviable market position we have noticed an encouraging upswing in repairers investing in the machinery they use and buying new machinery.
We believe the increase in sales is due to a number of factors. Certainly more enlightened repairers realise that the appearance of their shops can have a bearing on their trade. Increasingly the public perception of the cluttered, “homely” shoe repair shop is being confounded by a more professional approach. In the High Street today the customer is not used to stepping into a dirty shop – they wouldn’t expect to walk into a newsagents or chemist and breathe in dust – why would they naturally be expected to do so in a shoe repair shop?
Repairers looking to make an impact in a multi-service Town Centre environment are looking for newer, cleaner and quieter machinery. Merely getting by with dilapidated, polluting machinery is no longer acceptable to them, their customers and the Shopping Centres and High Streets in which they operate.
The advantages of buying new, bespoke machinery speak for themselves. The machinery can be constructed to have the exact specifications the operator requires. The extraction will be much better. The machine can be fitted for single or three phase power supply. Invariably the machine will be quieter. We can also offer benefits such as matching the stove-dried machinery colour to the shop colour scheme. Standard’s newly improved, contemporary-designed 710 finisher is proving especially popular at the moment along with its companion piece - the modular press bench.
With the price difference between reconditioned and new machinery getting smaller due to the increasing scarcity of good quality machinery available, there has never been a better time to invest in a new machine and benefit from a potentially high part exchange.