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Shower designer and manufacturer, Roman, has further enhanced their manufacturing capabilities and capacity with a significant purchase of land and buildings.
Over the last 6 months Roman has increased their main shower enclosure manufacturing site from 90,000 square feet to 140,000 square feet. The production lines were expanded from 5 to 8 lines in the main factory to allow for the increased demand for Roman shower enclosures, wetroom panels and bath screens. This futureproofs the British company for strong growth, extra warehousing and an enhanced level of service to their customers.
Adjoining the main site, Roman have rented 2 buildings for its solid surface shower tray manufacturing and Corian fabrication for bathroom structures, vanity units and basins. These buildings totalled 24,000 square feet. Roman has now purchased the adjoining buildings which more than doubles the space for each with a total of 56,000 square feet – but very importantly the surrounding land is a total of 160,000 square feet to cover land future expansions of both operations. Bringing Roman’s overall space on the site to 400,000 square feet.
Managing director David Osborne said: “Roman has seen a steady increase in demand for our products both within the UK and internationally and expanding our premises allows us the opportunity to continue our strong growth, whilst constantly enhancing our service levels, production capabilities and of course capacity.” 
Purchasing of this new site will provide the company with flexibility to expand production as and when required. Strong sales and international growth for Roman means they require further capacity to meet demand in export markets. Major International hotel projects have contributed to the year-on-year growth for the business, in both the UK and abroad.
