Helping the environment

26th January 2010

Cementing its commitment to helping the environment, Plastics Direct has recently added new 100% recycled products to its range. Stokbord & Recycled polypropylene are made from 100% recycled high-grade material (including post consumer HDPE plastic bottles, HDPE carrier bags & post industrial scrap.
Used extensively in the cladding and agricultural sectors, these sheets offer an outstanding cost saving alternative to other plastics. Plastics Direct are confident these kind of products will shape the future of plastic sheeting and will aid future generations.

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£1m relocation allows room for expansion (Newspaper Feature - Manchester Evening News)

Plastic Direct's Carl Morgan, left, Barry Stringer, right, and NatWest's Peter Treadwell A specialist supplier of plastics and aluminium products has invested £1m to move to new premises. Plastics Direct, which previously traded from Ashton under Lyne, has bought a 20,000 sq ft site at Vulcan Business Park, Oldham, with funding from NatWest commercial banking. Established in 1989 by directors Carl Morgan and Barry Stringer, Plastics Direct stocks plastics and aluminium products which are used in the manufacture of goods including signs, displays, street furniture, toys and medical equipment. The company, which has a turnover of £2m and employs 18 staff, has also invested heavily in new machinery to offer its customers a bespoke plastics fabrication service. Operations director Carl said: “It was clear that we had taken the old site as far as we could. There was limited space to improve the business and this had started to hinder our operations. “Without the move to new premises we would have struggled to increase our current level of sales. “The move to Oldham is a very exciting development and gives us the opportunity to expand our product range and fabrication services.” Peter Treadwell, a senior relationship manager at NatWest, said: “The directors of Plastics Direct have recognised they need to move in order to keep the business

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