Investment programme

Aluplast has announced a £multi-million investment programme more than doubling capacity within its extrusion and warehousing operations in Europe.
This builds on its existing 60,000m2 state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, with the development of a new 13-hectare site in Poland.

Aluplast is also doubling capacity at its headquarters in Karlsruhe, further increasing the German systems house’s European and global manufacturing capability.
Ian Cocken, Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing, said: “The investment Aluplast is making delivers direct benefit to its customers here in the UK and Ireland, driving forward global leading product innovation while underpinning it with continuous improvement in quality and service.”

Aluplast processes almost 200,000 tonnes of PVCU globally annually, which, the company said, is equivalent to 75% of the whole UK and Irish markets combined. Furthermore, its worldwide customer base manufacturers more than 10 million windows per year.

“It’s exceptionally unusual for a privately owned business to operate on this kind of scale,” Ian said. “This, however, delivers multiple benefits to UK and Irish fabricators and installers, first because of the stability it delivers – Aluplast doesn’t have to answer to venture capitalists.
“Secondly, it has the depth of resource to continue to invest in product development regardless of fluctuations in local national markets.”