Aggregates Industries increases capacity of Masterblock business

As housing demand increases and the government imposes strict targets on councils, there has been a surge in housing activity over the last couple of years. This has led to an increase in demand for block products and the investment in Masterblock will enable it to increase its production capabilities of lightweight and dense concrete blocks to help meet the demand.

The £2 million improvements were made at its Croft Block Plant in Leicestershire, and its Torr and Callow Block Plants both in Somerset. At Croft, Masterblock’s largest factory, an ‘egg-laying’ operation has been added to create greater capacity to service the Midlands region. Whilst at Torr, the manufacturing area has been extended and two new machines purchased. Finally, at Callow, a state-of-the-art ‘Columbia’ static block plant has been installed. Imported from the US, this machine offers the most modern method of block making in the world and allows the team to produce high quality aggregate blocks in a variety of strengths and finishes.

Jeremy Lee, Sales Director for Building Products at Aggregate Industries, said: “There is currently great demand for blocks in the industry, which provides us with a real growth opportunity. We’ve readjusted our strategy to make block products a key focus for the Building Products division and this investment into improving our current operation will help us to fulfil our orders with greater efficiency – benefiting both us and the client.”

Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/europe-cis/19052017/aggregates-industries-increases-capacity-of-masterblock-business/