Marmox celebrates 25 years

Staff and family members of Marmox gathered to relax and celebrate the company’s 25 years in business at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Headcorn, Kent alongside lions, tigers, pumas, jaguars, cheetahs and leopards.

Founder Harry Parsons told the story of how the company started before his children, managing director Sarah Viney and business development director Richard Kent-Smith, presented certificates tomany long serving Marmox employees.

Viney said: “It was a decade ago that we introduced Thermoblock to tackle cold-bridging at places like the floor/wall junction, with their concrete mini-columns ensuring structural continuity. It took a long time for specifiers to realise the advantages under SAP etc., but now we are seeing sales into housebuilding booming and now the range is ready to welcome a fire rated version: only awaiting final award of its BBA certification.”

Viney continued: “Then, though the uptake of our recently developed Fireboards can definitely be considered a slow burn, there have been plenty of visitors on the stand at exhibitions keen to hear about what is a unique Class 1 non-combustible product and sales are starting to grow. Crucially, Fireboard offers ways of satisfying the new Building Safety Act, as well as addressing the concerns of building insurers.

“Looking to the future, Marmox is in the process of introducing another product with the same core and coating as Fireboard. This is a special brick slip panel, developed with a slip manufacturer, that is basically a Fireboard ‘receiver’ with a recess sculpted to take the slips, which makes it easy to handle and fix in place.” Viney added: “Of course our original launch product – Multiboard – sustains excellent market share in tiling and wet room applications: along with a diverse range of shower trays, drains and related products.”