A glass act
11 August 2016
MPG is one of Ireland s leading independently-owned windscreen and glass fitting companies.
In business since the start of the Millennium, Mobile Plant Glass Ltd (MPG) offers a complete glazing service for cars, vans, 4x4s, trucks, camper vans, plant, agri, cranes, forklifts, buses and coaches. Director Gavin Sinclair explains more.
Established in January 2000 by Gavin Sinclair and Paul O Shea, MPG is one of Ireland s leading independently-owned windscreen and glass fitting companies. A one-stop shop for all your windscreen and glass requirements, MPG has attended to the needs of thousands of satisfied vehicle owners in the Leinster area over the past 15 years.
The company prides itself on being able to offer an extremely fast response time to anyone in need of its service. It is also one of only a handful of companies that can supply and install glass for everything from a car to a combine harvester.
We can supply and fit glass for absolutely everything, Gavin points out.
We stock an extensive range of glass for the Automotive, Plant and Agri market. We have thousands of Curved and flat screens in stock at any one time. We also have a lot of the oddball stuff you won t get anywhere else. MPG has a great name in the Plant and Agri sectors, which account for about 50 per cent of our overall business.
I think what sets us apart from other windscreen companies is our knowledge of the vehicles we supply glass for and the fact that we are able to cut and make our own flat glass on site gives us a huge advantage over our competitors. A lot of windscreen companies will try their hand at glazing plant and agri machines but a lot of the time their service will fall short simply because of knowledge.
Take a tractor for example. One tractor could have four different windscreens or three different rear windows, which means they might have to call out to you a couple of times to get the job completed. We pride ourselves on getting things right first time.
The Rathcoole, Co. Dublin-based company has specialised equipment to correctly cut, drill and polish glass to a specific size and shape, ensuring even older vehicles can be repaired securely. MPG s fully-equipped mobile units cut and install glass onsite with a minimum downtime guaranteed.
Only last March, MPG invested in a Bottero automated cutting table which is a specialised, high-tech machine for cutting, handling, breakout and loading of flat glass sheets.
We ordered this machine in from Germany and it has proven to be a great success, Gavin enthuses.
The cutting machine allows us to make a piece of glass from scratch with great precision, and I m not aware of any other glass company out there in Ireland who can do that. Our mobile units can also cut and install glass onsite. We are doing more and more work for other glass replacement companies because we are more specialised in certain areas.
MPG has three mobile units operating in the Dublin and Leinster areas that are manned by qualified fitters who can repair or replace a windscreen at a customer s home, workplace or wherever and whenever is convenient to them. They can repair any windscreen and, if repair is not possible, can replace the glass straight away. They take great care with the fitting process, not taking any shortcuts and making sure the glass is fitted correctly. Top of the range fast-drying bonding agents are used to help you get back on the road as quickly as possible.
Gavin and Paul insist on supplying and installing only the highest quality windscreens, side glass, rear windows, skylights and other glass types. It goes without saying that their glass, primers, sealers and glues conform to highest industry standards.
MPG has built up a large customer-base as Gavin explains: We have established an excellent working relationship with our clients. Many of them have made a big investment, and we are here to help maintain their vehicles for them. They expect and deserve the best.
It s a specialised business and we are delighted to be able to lend our expertise, technical ability and experience. Our service is also one of the friendliest and most flexible there is.
MPG, which employs six staff, operates a direct billing service system with insurers and brokers, invoicing them on your behalf. Among the many insurance companies it directly bills are AXA, KennCo, RSA, Chartis, Allianz, Travelers, Zurich and AIG.
Both Gavin and Paul had backgrounds in glass fitting before coming together to set up MPG. Paul ran a separate windscreen repair and replacement company, Diamond Windscreens, in Ballycanew, Gorey, Co. Wexford before it came under the MPG umbrella last year.
Paul still has the depot in Gorey which, combined with the premises in Rathcoole, gives us a strong presence along the east coast. But we are covering most of Leinster at this stage. The takeover of Diamond Windscreens gives us a much larger presence in the Automotive market so we are able to offer a complete glazing service anywhere our customer s need us. We could be installing a windscreen in a monster Caterpillar track machine in Carlow one day and a windscreen on a Scania R series in Dublin the next day. Our work is wide and varied, Gavin continues.
So the next time your vehicle s windscreen or glass needs to be replaced, make sure to give MPG a call. A competitive quote and unrivalled service is guaranteed!
MPG (Mobile Plant Glass) Ltd
Unit 58 Block 503, Greenogue Business Park,
Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.
Telephone: 01 4019687
Mobile: 086 6055636
Taken from Irish Trucker & Light Commercials magazine, Vol 18 No 9, November 2015 [1]
References
^ Taken from Irish Trucker & Light Commercials magazine, Vol 18 No 9, November 2015 (www.brtanspares.ie)