Pictured: Owen Batham, Sales and Marketing Director of Elite
Precast Concrete
A Shropshire firm that supplies precast concrete products to a
wide range of industries across the UK has celebrated the start of
its fifth year in business earlier this month with plans to expand
into significantly larger premises.
Elite Precast Concrete Ltd currently employs a team of 28 and
manufactures and supplies a range of interlocking precast concrete
blocks, which are used by local authorities and recycling
businesses to create extremely robust, free standing storage bays
to hold waste. The blocks are also proving to be an increasingly
attractive solution in sectors such as outdoor hospitality and
construction, where they are easily utilised as kentledge - a form
of temporary counterweight - to hold scaffolding, security fencing,
and even marquees in place.
After officially launching in January 2008, the company moved to
Halesfield in Telford from its original base in Much Wenlock during
the summer of 2010, and now has plans to more than double its
storage and production capacity in the town from 25,000 sq ft over
the coming months to keep up with increased demand, a move which is
also likely to see at least four new members of staff come on
board. Elite Precast Concrete Ltd has now grown to become the UK's
market leader in interlocking and counterweight precast concrete
blocks, and enjoys a multi-million pound turnover that has
increased more than sevenfold over the past year.
Owen Batham, Sales and Marketing Director of Elite Precast
Concrete Ltd, explained: "Richard Doody and Alan Johnson, the
company's founders, had decades of experience working within the
construction materials sector before they decided to create a
company that would do things differently than the industry norm.
Launching at the start of the recession was certainly a brave move,
they struggled to secure bank finance, but they were so passionate
about their plans that they remortgaged their houses to obtain the
necessary working capital. That belief has paid off, and the
company is now in a fantastic position to capitalise on such strong
foundations."
In addition to consolidating its position in the waste
management and recycling sectors, where it counts a number of local
authorities and waste management companies as clients, Elite
Precast Concrete Ltd is also aiming to expand into a variety of
other markets, both in the UK and internationally, over the coming
months.
"The energy-from-waste sector offers huge potential, as our
blocks are ideal for storing fuel at anaerobic digestion
facilities. We are also looking to expand our operations in the
healthcare sector, where the 'V' Interlocking concrete blocks can
be used to build radiation units in cancer treatment facilities -we
have already been involved in a project like this in Saudi Arabia -
while the rail industry is also another massive untapped market, as
our blocks can easily be installed on embankments during
improvement and maintenance work."
For further information about Elite Precast Concrete Ltd please
contact 01952 588885, email postmaster@eliteprecast.co.uk.