Cotswold Architectural Products has hired Amber Dangerfield to the role of quality assurance (QA) supervisor. Amber is a long-serving fenestration sector specialist that has a wealth of friction stay expertise.
Amber, a qualified engineer, spent the previous 18 months as the company’s operations supervisor. Before this, she served in a variety of senior engineering roles at a leading European hardware supplier for more than a decade.
In her new role, Amber is set to be tasked with ensuring that Cotswold adheres to the exacting standards of quality management and ISO criteria, and maintains its reportedly outstanding quality standards. “This is an extremely exciting opportunity for me to help shape the next phase in Cotswold’s history,” said Amber. “Drawing on both my engineering background and years of friction stay experience, I’m confident I can ensure that we live up to the reputation for quality and reliability that made the Cotswold name.”
Tim Ferkin, Cotswold’s managing director, added: “Since rejoining Cotswold as MD earlier this year, my top priority has been assembling the outstanding group of people I know I’ll need to help me lead the business into the future. Amber is a fantastic addition, and her extensive technical knowledge will prove invaluable in the months and years ahead. I’m delighted to be welcoming her to the team, and can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.”
In July, Cotswold split from Caldwell Hardware to become Europe’s biggest independent friction stay manufacturer. The company’s former owners sold the Caldwell side of the business while retaining the Cotswold side, bringing in long-serving Cotswold employee Tim Ferkin as managing director. Cotswold representatives claim that the business to be the only one of its kind to totally own its supply chain, giving it unparalleled control over quality.
