Insulate Magazine Issue 12 - November 2017

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Tom Nash (right, front) receives his Recticel Graduation from Kevin Bohea (Left, front) at UK Construction Week at the NEC Birmingham
it’s gone on far longer than any of us really expected it
to. However, with Recticel being such a large user of the
two real types of products that have been affected, there’s
both MDI which is a key raw ingredient used within PIR
manufacturing and TDI which is the main raw ingredient
which is used on flexible foam manufacturing and so of
our five plants in the UK all five plants have been affected
by either MDI or TDI shortages, but because we are such
a European organisation of the size, magnitude and usage
of both MDI and TDI we’ve really been exerting pressure
on the supply chain to try and get things right and I think
we are going to emerge from this sooner, stronger than
the competition.
We are hearing through the industry that there may
be new lines coming to market in 2018, can you
elaborate on these at all?
We’re keen to be investing in the UK but we want to be
sure that we invest in the right way with the right added
value for the industry there are some new parts coming
on line in 2018 We’re being very sensible I think in
our approach about where and when we put our plant
down and on the back of the challenges that we have
had on raw material supply and foreign exchanges and
looming Brexit we’re just taking a breath to ensure that the
decisions that we make are the best for our industry
Recticel as a group has been trading
since 1778, so huge prominence in history
and it wanted to invest and grow
and it wanted to give the autonomy to
someone to come in and say right we
want you to do something with this
company, and that’s where the
appeal was.
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