Production ramps up at Reader

Commissioning complete

In May we reported that line one of our multi-million pound cement products investment had been commissioned and the first load had left our new site at Pinxton. Since then, the second line has been commissioned and both the cement packing and blended product lines are now operational and delivering product.

New Reader facility Pinxton, Nottinghamshire where both cement blending and packing lines are now in full production

2000 tonnes per week

Logistics and systems are being tested and production has been steadily ramping up over the summer. Last week Reader produced almost 2,000 tonnes of packed cement and blended product for their customers, working single extended shifts.

Jason Key, Operations Manager:

"Since May we have been steadily working through the teething problems that are to be expected with a plant such as this. One by one they are being ticked off and the plant is now coming up to optimum efficiency."

A further two lines are planned to come on stream next year.

About Reader Cement Products

Reader is the largest independent blending & packing facility in the UK. We offer a range of leading high quality formulas for a variety of diverse markets, with the optional service of own-brand packaging. The company is ISO 9001 quality assured.

Reader has been producing cement products since 1985, originally for the mining industry. The company currently operates from two sites in Nottinghamshire - since 2016 a 6-acre freehold facility in Pinxton, Nottinghamshire and the original Huthwaite facility are situated just a few miles apart.

Following multi-million pound investment in state-of-the-art blending and vacuum packing systems at the Pinxton facility, Reader products at this site are packed in 100% waterproof 15kg, 20kg or 25kg plastic bags capable of three tier pallet storage; also with the facilities to pack into one tonne packed IBC bulk bags and bulk load blended products.

Reader Cement Products Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the privately owned British engineering and industrial group Langley Holdings plc, which employs around 4,200 people world wide.