Baerlocher, a global manufacturer of additives for the plastics industry, is investing in its production plant in Bury, UK. The company plans to increase the capacity of its Calcium-based PVC stabilizer plant by over 50% in 2022 by installing new mixing and granulation units. This expansion aims to meet the strong demand for new and recycled PVC applications and demonstrates the company's commitment to the UK and Irish markets post-Brexit. The investment will ensure local security of supply, product consistency, and faster response times for customers, while also supporting the shift from liquid stabilizers to solid Ca-based systems in PVC applications due to regulatory pressure.
Bury (UK) / Munich (Germany) – October 12th 2021 – Baerlocher, a leading global manufacturer of additives for the plastics industry, is investing in its production plant in Bury. The company will increase capacity of its Calcium based PVC stabiliser plant by more than 50% with installation of additional new Mixing and Granulation units in 2022.
This expansion will support the strong demand in all new and recycled PVC applications and reinforces the company’s commitment to the ‘post Brexit’ UK and Irish markets.
Andy Jones, the group’s Global PVC Additives Head stated: “For the past 25 years, the Bury site has established itself as the premier solid PVC stabiliser production plant in the UK. This expansion begins the next chapter for the company, as we approach our 50th anniversary in the UK during 2023, with an increasingly challenging regulatory framework and complexity in supply chains”.
“Our Customers rely upon local security of supply, product consistency and speed of response from established and reliable sources” according to Andrew Tate, Head of PVC Additives EU/MEA, “The capacity increase delivers on this need, and will also support the anticipated new demand for solid Ca based systems, due to increasing regulatory pressure to convert from existing liquid stabilisers, in many PVC applications.”