Since its 2013 founding, Antrim-based Anchor Fixings has established itself as a leading supplier of fixings and fittings to the construction and engineering trade across Ireland and the UK. However, beneath the surface of this traditional business lies a company with an extraordinary heritage across multiple sectors.

The combination of experience through a multitude of markets has created a corporate culture that consistently invests in the highest quality equipment available.

“If you install the best machinery, you get fewer problems and better quality: that’s the way we work,” states business development director Guy Walker. “That’s what we’ve also done with our saw blade business – we started investing in Vollmer machines last year.”

Completed between March and June 2025, the sizeable investment package included a Vollmer CS860 with ND 230 automated loading system, a Loroch K850T sharpening machine for steel blade applications, a Vollmer CHHF 21H side dresser, and a Gockel knife grinder capable of handling blades up to 3m in length.

“We did our research on the best saw blade sharpening machines and Vollmer came out on top,” says Walker. “The quality of sharpening is second to none.”

The Vollmer CS860 (pictured) is an eight-axis machine that handles circular saw blades from 80 to 860 mm in diameter with a high level of automation.

Gavin Fleming, the company’s experienced saw doctor, describes its capabilities: “You input the diameter and the number of teeth and, once you’ve done that, the machine does the rest. It probes and checks the gullet and the angle. The machine is very smart – it does a lot of the work itself.”

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