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Terms & Conditions 

TERMS

Net cash due 30 days after the date of the invoice unless otherwise agreed terms with the customer.

 

PRICE VARIATION

Prices are based on the current costs of production and, unless otherwise agreed, are subject to amendment on or at any time after acceptance to meet any rise or fall in such costs.

 

TAX

We reserve the right to charge the amount of any value-added tax payable, whether or not included in the quotation or invoice.

 

PRELIMINARY WORK

All work carried out, whether experimentally or otherwise, at the customer’s request shall be charged.

 

PROOFS

Proofs of work may be submitted at the customer’s request for approval, and we shall incur no liability for any errors not corrected by the customer in proofs so submitted. Customer’s alterations and additional work necessitated thereby shall be charged extra. Where fit, style, or metal is left to our judgment changes then later made by the customer shall be charged extra.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Any such property/intelligence generated in the day-to-day business of the organisation remains the property of Alunox Advanced Tube Engineering Limited and is not transferable.

 

TOOLING/JIGS

All prototype, production tools, Dies, Jigs, Moulds and Patterns, including related software and drawings, which are required in the process to procure and/or manufacture to supply products, remain the property of Alunox Advanced Tube Engineering Limited. They will remain in stock for a period of up to 6 months whereby Alunox reserves the right to dismantle or repurpose the items as it sees fit.

 

FINAL EXHAUST WORK

The client shall be responsible for reviewing and approving the final exhaust work before it goes to final in-house or another production process. Neither Alunox nor another production house is responsible for information not provided by the client or for errors not indicated in writing by the client.

 

CATALYTIC CONVERTER WARRANTY

No warranty will be given on catalytic converters used in any form of motorsport, track days, etc. A warranty on a catalytic converter will only be given on those fitted to vehicles with Type Approval – subject to conditions.

 

TURBO MANIFOLDS

Alunox offers a 12 Month Warranty, subject to conditions, only on turbo manifolds that we design and fabricate. There is no warranty on a turbo manifold if a customer brings a system for us to replicate as the design of such a system could have inherent design weaknesses that we cannot be responsible for. The Alunox Warranty on turbo manifolds that we design and fabricate requires that the following additional work be carried out;

The turbo housing must be fully supported by spherical rod ends (in the vertical plane) to restrict its movement when operating. The wastegate valve must be fully supported by spherical rod ends to restrict its movement when operating. An inline flexi coupling must be fitted to the exhaust down pipe to absorb any remaining vibration when operating.

 

DELIVERY AND PAYMENT

a) Delivery of work shall be accepted when tendered or when notified that the work has been completed, and payment shall become due. 

b) Unless otherwise specified delivery shall be to the customer's address. A charge may be made to cover any extra costs involved in delivery to a different address. 

c) Should work be suspended at the request of, or delayed through any default of the customer for a period of 30 days we shall then be entitled to payment for work already carried out, materials specifically ordered and any other additional costs. 

d) All goods supplied to the client (as detailed on the invoice to the client), remain the property of Alunox Limited until full settlement of the outstanding invoice is made.

 

CLAIMS

Advice on damage, delay, or partial loss of goods in transit or of non-delivery must be given in writing to us within 3 clear days of delivery (or, in the case of non-delivery within 10 days of despatch). We shall not be liable in respect of any claim unless the aforementioned requirements have been complied with except in any particular case where the customer proves that:

 

a) it was not possible to comply with the requirements 

b) advice was given and the claim made as soon as reasonably possible.

 

LIABILITY

We shall not be liable for any loss to the customer arising from delay in transit not caused by ourselves.

 

CLIENTS PROPERTY

Customers' property and all property supplied to us on behalf of the client shall while it is in our possession or in transit to or from the customer be deemed to be at the customer's risk unless otherwise agreed, and the customer should insure accordingly.

 

FAILURE TO PAY/INSOLVENCY

If the customer ceases to pay his/her debts in the ordinary course of business or cannot pay his/her debts as they become due or being a company deemed unable to pay its debts or has a winding-up petition issued against it or being a person commits an act of bankruptcy or has a bankruptcy petition issued against him/her, we shall without prejudice to other remedies:

 

a) have the right not to proceed further with the contract or any other work for the customer and be entitled to charge for work already carried out (whether completed or not) and materials purchased for the customer, such charge to be an immediate debt due

 

b) in respect of all unpaid debts due from the customer have a general lien on all goods and property in our possession, or supplied to the client (whether worked on or not) and shall be entitled on the expiration of 7 days' notice to repossess or dispose of such goods and property in such a manner and at such a price as we think fit and to apply the proceeds towards such debts.

 

ILLEGAL MATTER

We shall not be required to produce or create any matter which in our opinion is or may be of an illegal or libellous nature or an infringement of the proprietary or other rights of any third party. We shall be indemnified by the customer in respect of any claims, costs and expenses arising out of any libellous matter or any infringement of copyright, patent, design or of any other proprietary or personal rights contained in any material produced or created for the customer. The indemnity shall extend to any amounts paid on a lawyer’s advice in settlement of any claim.

 

FORCE MAJEURE

We shall be under no liability if we are unable to carry out any provision of a contract for any reason beyond our control including Acts of God, legislation, war, fire, flood, drought, failure of power supply, lock-out, strike or other action taken by employees in contemplation of or furtherance of a dispute or owing to any inability to procure materials required for the performance of a contract. During the continuance of such a contingency, the customer may by written notice to ourselves elect to terminate the contract and pay for such work done and materials used but subject thereto shall otherwise accept delivery when available.

 

LAW

These conditions and all other express terms of the contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law.

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