Bond It is set to build on its success as one of the UK’s fastest growing manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals with a further six figure investment into its business.
Following investments of over £1/2m in 2014/2015 and of £1.1 m in 2016, the company is investing an additional £300,000 into infrastructure at its main manufacturing facility in Elland, West Yorkshire in Q1 2017.
The latest investment – which includes grant funding from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (The LEP) – will help Bond It to both increase and diversify its production output.
This will help the company to accommodate growing demand from UK customers for its ‘Best of British’ manufactured products.
It will also enable the manufacturer to pursue ambitious plans for future growth, which include maximising strong export potential.
Bond It will use the latest investment to install additional, state-of-the-art and semi-automated plant to produce sealants, adhesives and fillers in a number of specific pack formats.
This includes product packaged in 900mm composite ‘jumbo’ cartridges and foil ‘sausages’ – two formats which are popular with high volume users such as professional contractors.
Following the investment, three new jobs will be created. To help train staff in the operation of the new plant, Bond It is also receiving a training grant from The LEP.
Commenting on the investment, Graham Helm, operations director at Bond It, said: “Bond It is proud to be a true, vertically integrated, UK-based manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals as opposed to a business which procures and repacks products manufactured by third parties.
“The latest investment will add to our already extensive production capabilities and help support our continued success and growth.
“In particular, it will help us to develop export sales and to capitalise on strong global opportunities for our high quality, technically innovative products.”
