Record turnover for growing Eccleshall coatings firm
An Eccleshall business, which has taken on six new staff this year, has achieved record annual turnover of £5 million.
Raleigh Coatings is now set to recruit more staff following the addition of a third production line.
General manager Peter Turton said the number taken on would be dependent on how sales grew.
Raleigh, based at Raleigh Hall Industrial Estate, now employs 35 and is one of the UK's leading specialists in solvent and aqueous based adhesives and coatings.
The company, which was founded in 1989, has seen sustained growth in demand for its contract coating services, particularly in the medical and specialist markets and expansion into international markets
It has built up clients in the UK and global converter markets for its adhesive-coated materials and related systems.
Later this year, the company will complete its latest round of investment at its 35,000 sq ft manufacturing and warehousing premises, when it unveils the new complete silicon-gel clean-room coating production line, which will more than double its clean-room production capacity.
"This sustained growth, investment and expansion means we will shortly be creating a number of highly skilled production roles within our new and existing clean-room production lines," said Raleigh's general manager Peter Turton.
Raleigh's range of specialist coating services includes its clean-room coating facilities, operated to ISO 14644 Class 7 standards. Through its highly skilled team, it can offer a full design and bespoke development service.
The company is one of the few organisations in the UK to have a specialist 'pilot line' facility, to enable customers to undertake small runs and 'test' coatings for new or improved products in production conditions but at a fraction of the cost and with quicker turnaround times, prior to moving to full production.
Raleigh's business developmentmanager, Julian Watkins said 2012 had been a significant year for the company.
"We have successfully retained customers and sustained production levels to see a record year for output in the UK and overseas," said Mr Watkins.
"Raleigh is committed to maintaining its edge in the specialist coating arena, through investment in plant and staff. Commissioning of the new line should be complete by the end of this year, and we anticipate recruiting for a number of new highly skilled roles to maximise our output levels and meet demand."
Raleigh works extensively in the field of medical adhesive coating and is a specialist in pharmaceutical and medical adhesive, as well as offering a lab-bench through to final production service for silicone gel, aqueous and solvent based coatings.
In addition, Raleigh operates in the specialist label, security and aerospace sectors, with UK and global customers, and supplies single and double adhesive-coated products for a wide range of industries.
