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A DIFFERENT KIND OF WATER TREATMENT

A DIFFERENT KIND OF WATER TREATMENT

Production Glassfibre  is the biggest company in Britain supplying glassfibre component to Water Treatment plants throughout the UK, but here’s a different kind of Water Treatment solution! Not so big a contract as we’re familiar with perhaps, but demanding in its own way none-the-less. The Time Capsule in Coatbridge is a typical ‘leisure’ pool, with little room for swimming but a variety of ways to have frivolous aquatic fun.

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Written On 15 March 2011

5 ALIVE AT THE NEC

5 ALIVE AT THE NEC

The recent International Caravan & Motorhome Show held at Birmingham's ubiquitous exhibition centre highlighted Production Glassfibre’s growing presence in this important leisure sector. Various panels and products made at our Chorley factory could be found on 5 different stands- some exterior, some interior, mostly in white, but on the Stealth Caravans stand, in black!

We’ve gained the business from these companies by delivering a superior level of service commitment and a higher consistency of product quality than they had ever previously experienced.

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Written On 15 March 2011

VICTORY AT THE BRITCAR 24 FOR THE PGF….FERRARI!

VICTORY AT THE BRITCAR 24 FOR THE PGF….FERRARI!

Sometimes the best plans ARE the late ones!!!  Despite the deal only coming together 8 days before the start of the event, the Production Glassfibre supported Ferrari of MJC Racing triumphed in Britain’s toughest motor race, defeating a crack team of Austrian professionals by less than a minute after 24 hours of racing.

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Written On 19 October 2010

WAYNE HUTTON JOINS AS NATIONAL SALES MANAGER

WAYNE HUTTON JOINS AS NATIONAL SALES MANAGER

Production Glassfibre are pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne Hutton as National Sales Manager, and member of the senior management team. With a background in sales for such professional organisations as Sheffield Insulation Group and the German chemical giant, Sto International, Wayne will bring a structured and tenacious approach to growing business at Production Glassfibre Based in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Wayne will have a national remit across all business categories, working in conjunction with the 4 General Managers and the Board.

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Written On 19 September 2010

ADAM WINS AT KNOCKHILL

ADAM WINS AT KNOCKHILL

After a season on the sidelines after failing to find a budget to continue in Touring Cars this year, Jonny Adam made his 2010 debut by guesting in the Ginetta G50 race at Knockhill.   Supported at his home track by Production Glassfibre (who incidentally are now supplying the replacement panels for all G50’s as well as 40’s!!) remarkably, Jonny put the car on pole despite the presence of the works driver and 09 champion, and despite never having sat in it before the weekend.

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Written On 19 August 2010

ACCESS TO CHORLEY FACTORY AT LAST

ACCESS TO CHORLEY FACTORY AT LAST

It’s a small milestone, but never has cutting a hole seemed so significant!!  After the usual months and money seemingly ‘wasted’ with lawyers and surveyors, Production Glassfibre has at last gained access to the new factory at Chorley and begun fitting it out as a state of the art manufacturing facility.   The list of things to be done is long- mezzanines, extraction, ovens, spray booths, racking, curtains, offices, flooring, furniture, fencing and on and on and on, but the first hole in the roof to feed through the first piece of ducting was a symbolically significant moment.

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Written On 19 July 2010

EMERGENCY SERVICES HAT TRICK!!!

EMERGENCY SERVICES HAT TRICK!!!

Production Glassfibre is pleased to declare that we’ve achieved an interesting vehicular hat-trick!  Having manufactured Ambulance Bodies for several years and Fire Engine Bodies for several months, we can now complete the trio of emergency services with our first order for a Police Vehicle component.   Perhaps not as grand as the other two projects, we’re never the less proud to be providing Mellor Coachcraft with the ‘hard’ rear interior mouldings for a patrol car which allows the Service to detain suspects in a non-damageable, wash-down environment, which is also bereft of hiding places for weapons or ‘substances’.

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Written On 19 June 2010

DIVING BOARDS FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC

Now here’s an interesting piece of work!!!  Complex curves we’re well used to, and in the last Review we showed some pretty massive mouldings going to cover a sewage works in Cyprus, but combining size and sophistication makes for something special!  This giant and another five like it, will eventually find its way to the London Olympic Pool in time for a concrete pour which should end up looking like the Diving Boards in the illustration below.  

Iranian Architect Zaha Hadid was tasked with designing a landmark building for the Games, and she certainly hasn’t ignored the interior!  Presently being manufactured at our factory in Altham, Production Glassfibre were uniquely  competent to undertake such a project having premises big enough, a workforce experienced enough and technical staff clever enough to make sure the multi-piece, many-angled, massively strong ‘shutters’ are right first time and delivered on schedule.

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Written On 19 May 2010

MOTORSPORT SUCCESS ON THE TRACK + IN THE FACTORY

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Written On 19 April 2010

LEASE SIGNED FOR NEW LANCASHIRE FACTORY

As part of the strategic plan for Production Glassfibre’s North of England business, a lease has been signed on a new factory in Chorley, Lancashire.   The new 50,000sqft facility, has excellent access to both the M6 and the M62, and will house the work presently undertaken at the Altham and Skelmersdale factories, as has been the plan since the acquisition of the WL Cunliffe business.

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Written On 19 March 2010