10 Mar 2026

LIGNUM: Your Path To The Future of Timber Windows & Doors:

Leitz Tooling UK Stand: B50
Ben Mitchell, Leitz Tooling
LIGNUM: Your Path To The Future of Timber Windows & Doors:
LIGNUM window tooling on a spindle moulder
As we move into 2026, joinery manufacturers are facing a "perfect storm" of high material costs, a persistent skills shortage, and increasingly rigid building regulations like PAS 24. Historically, small-to-medium joinery shops were locked out of the lucrative new-build and high-end commercial markets because of the astronomical cost of independent testing.

Leitz Tooling and The Joinery Network have partnered together to reduce barriers, allowing UK joinery manufacturers to compete with strict regulations and a growing reliance on imported timber products. The Joinery network test every product in the LIGNUM range for compliance with PAS:24, documents Q, L and M. Which allows Leitz to focus on making the LIGNUM tooling as efficient and high quality as possible.

Available on spindle moulders, CNC machinery and window line machines, LIGNUM window tooling is designed to suit all business sizes and production methods. Based on the flagship ProfilCut Q design from Leitz, LIGNUM tooling offers one pass machining and high quality finishes which translate to shorter cycle times and faster production. John Fanthorpe from JF Joinery weighs in on how this quality has impacted his business and helped John to double his revenue in just 2 years with Leitz “the finish quality of the system has dramatically reduced our need to sand down or re work a project, meaning we can get straight to assembly and decorations like painting and the de-nibbing process has gotten shorter too”.

LIGNUM isn’t just about quality, it’s about efficiency & productivity. One of the Key advantages for smaller joiners is the Zero-Set design. What this really means is no machine adjustments are required when changing profiles on a spindle moulder, severely reducing down time. For CNC machinists, we’ve managed to manufacture a casement window and frame within 20 minutes thanks to our fast cutting speeds.  The lightweight aluminium tool bodies also reduce power consumption when machining compared to conventional window tooling.

If you manufacture windows and doors, are you making them as efficiently as you could? LIGNUM is an ideal entry point for new window and door manufacturers too, with The Joinery network’s affiliate partners and technical support from Leitz, we can offer all the information you need to get your foot in the door.

Contact Leitz Tooling or The Joinery network today to find your path into the future of UK timber window and door production.

 

Leitz Tooling UK Ltd

01279 454530

contact-uk@leitz.org

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