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 Sales of building materials at Forterra for the first quarter of 2025 were 22% ahead of last year at £124.1m, according to a trading update issued by the building materials giant. On the back of the demand increase, the company is preparing to increase production of bricks at its state-of-the-art …

Brick maker Forterra has dispatched the first load of bricks from its new Desford factory in Leicestershire, the biggest and most efficient manufacturing plant in Europe. The company has invested £95 million into future-proofing the factory to achieve outstanding overall equipment effectiveness while upgrading production capacity to 185 million bricks …