L.B. Plastics Celebrates 30 Years Stateside

UK systems company L.B. Plastics has celebrated 30 years of trading in the USA by adding a 50,000 sq ft extension to its factory to facilitate future growth of the successful business.

The Derbyshire-based company whose product ranges include Sheerframe window and door systems, Sheerline decking and fencing and Hometrim cladding, soffits and fascias, operates across Europe, the Far East and USA.

Chairman of The Litchfield Group of Companies Leon Litchfield cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the factory extension with Harry Davis, president of L.B. Plastics Inc. (left) and James Litchfield, MD of L.B. Plastics Ltd (2nd from right).

L.B. Plastics has been operating in the US since 1977 and employs 125 people at its 21-acre site in North Carolina. Initially established to service the US furniture industry with PVC drawer units, the US operation quickly expanded into custom extrusions before moving into the windows sector to meet the growing demand for PVC windows for the thriving remodelling market. After the launch of Sheerframe, L.B. went on to acquire the US business of German systems company Kommerling in the 1990s.

Whilst the windows business continues to grow, it has been overtaken by the strong US decking and fencing market, in which, as in the UK, L.B.'s Sheerline system is the brand leader.

‘Part of the strength of the group is its international dimension’, says managing director James Litchfield, whose grandfather founded the company in 1922. ‘We are able to effectively translate European ideas into the US market and vice versa, to the benefit of both.’

Web: http://www.lbplastics.com