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Etex Insulation has announced a new UK and Ireland sales structure that brings its Superglass and URSA insulation brands together. Leading the unified structure is Chris Sweet, sales director, Etex Insulation UK & Ireland. The move will create closer collaboration between the two brands and enhance support for customers across both new-build and …

Plasterboard manufacturer Siniat has launched a new in-store promotion, giving merchants and their customers a chance of prizes.  The promotion, which is open to builders’ merchants across the UK, challenges each participating branch to create the most impressive in-store point of sale display using a choice of Purple Reign branded merchandise, …

Plasterboard manufacturer Siniat has called for a renewed focus on technical standards to meet the evolving safety landscape. In a recent speech, Siniat country manager John Sinfield said that while the industry has seen sweeping changes in legislation, testing and standards, drywall systems are still being chosen out of habit …

 XPO Logistics, the logistics solutions provider, has extended its partnership with building materials manufacturer Etex. The companies have been working together on transport operations since early 2019, across the three sites operated by Etex Building Performance in the UK—Portbury in Bristol, Ferrybridge in Knottingley, and Grangemouth in Falkirk. In the …

Over 98% of the Siniat boards sold in the UK and Ireland will be made in the UK, now that global lightweight construction materials manufacturer Etex, has officially opened its 200 million euros expansion of its plasterboard production facility in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is Etex’s largest production investment ever. …

Building materials manufacturer Etex has bought UK insulation producer Superglass. Superglass Insulation has 200 employees and operates a factory in Stirling, Scotland. The aquisition will expand Etex’s activities in the UK and complement the European sales and production network of its insulation division, which includes glass mineral wool and extruded polystyrene …

Forterra has appointed Neil Ash as Chief Executive Officer designate from 3rd April 2023. This appointment follows the announcement earlier this year that Stephen Harrison would be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer during the first half of 2023, allowing time both to commission the new Desford brick factory and …

Etex is set to double the plasterboard production capacity of its Ferrybridge plant upon the opening of its new factory in 2023. Work is well underway for the new 57,000m2 Siniat facility, which comes at a time when plasterboard and timber shortages continue to put pressure on the supply chain. …

Etex Building Performance, the dry construction arm of the Etex group, will develop an advanced plasterboard manufacturing facility for its Siniat brand at the Royal Portbury Dock in Bristol Port, adding significantly to its production capacity in the UK. A brownfield industrial site has been secured close to its existing …