Jun 5, 2026 · 574 recorded views
Most people only see the finished product.
What they don't see is the investment, planning, risk, and hard work that goes into designing and manufacturing products here in Britain.
In this behind-the-scenes vlog, we take delivery of a new press brake and face the challenge of getting it into our workshop. This investment is part of our ongoing commitment to improving quality, increasing production capability, and manufacturing the best van security products we can.
As entrepreneurs and manufacturers, we believe in continually reinvesting in our business, our people, and our equipment rather than taking shortcuts.
Every shield we make benefits from the machinery, processes, and experience we've built over more than 22 years in the van security industry.
This investment reflects our commitment to being designed in Britain, manufactured in Britain, built for professionals, and trusted by tradespeople, fleets and vehicle specialists.
Find out more on our website at https://www.sussexinstallations.co.uk
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A new £100,000 press brake, a metal-bending machine used to fabricate the steel security shields Sussex Installations manufactures in-house. It replaced an older press brake and was being installed underneath the mezzanine level of the workshop.
The mezzanine opening left almost no spare clearance for the machine's height, and there wasn't enough room underneath to use the skates, a system of jacks and sliding plates, that had moved the old machine out. Instead, the riggers had to slide the new machine into place on sheets of metal, nudging it forward a few millimetres at a time.
The delivery was handled by riggers from Russell Transport, a specialist heavy-machinery haulage and rigging company experienced in manoeuvring large workshop equipment through tight spaces. Their skate-and-slide technique, combined with careful tape-measure checks throughout, got the machine into place with only millimetres to spare.
Better machinery means more precision and more production capacity for the van security shields Sussex Installations designs and builds in-house. Jeff Scott describes it as reinvesting in the business, the team and the equipment rather than taking shortcuts, building on more than 22 years in the van security industry.
Yes. Sussex Installations designs and manufactures its shields and related products in its own UK workshop, and behind-the-scenes videos like this one document the real investment in machinery, riggers and production capability that goes into that in-house manufacturing.
It shows the practical risk and stress behind a single equipment upgrade, from measuring clearances in advance to trusting a team of riggers to land a £100,000 machine within millimetres of a workshop wall, as part of the day-to-day reality of investing in British manufacturing.
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