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History of Röchling Engineering Plastics (UK) Ltd
1986 | Röchling Material Ltd. began life in Redditch with just 3 employees, followed by a move to Stonehouse shortly after. |
1994 | Moved to our first purpose built factory in the UK, also in Stonehouse. |
2001 | With another increase in machines and staff the factory moved to its current building in Quedgeley, Gloucester. |
2006 | Following the acquisition of the thermoplastic engineering division of GL&V group (formerly known as Perplas Engineering) the UK arm became Röchling Engineering Plastics (UK) Ltd. Consequently Röchling Gloucester became a leader in the design and production of feed scrolls, and both machined and extruded products used extensively within the bottling and packaging industry. |
2007 | Röchling Engineering Plastics Group acquired the US Glastic Corporation from Cignet, LLC. UK distribution for Glastic products was undertaken from Röchling Gloucester. |
2011 | The trade names & intellectual property of Genius products was acquired from Vitrathene Ltd. This acquisition was added to the existing Play-Tec® product to form a new leisure section to the business. |
Dec 2014 | Röchling expands plastic machining capacity in UK by acquiring Fibracon Twin Ltd., High Peak, Derbyshire – PTFE specialists, and Insoll Components Ltd., Hitchin, Hertfordshire - micro machining specialists. This substantially expands Röchling’s market position in the CNC machining of high-performance plastics in the UK to three machining companies. It strengthens Röchling’s position in aerospace, medical engineering, oil & gas and at the same time extends the portfolio of semi-finished and machined plastics products by the addition of Fibracon® PTFE. |
