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Specialist Building Products Limited T/A Ecodek (SBPL)

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Ecodek was founded in 2002 as a manufacturer of WPC. Ecodek is the UK leading manufacturer and supplier of eco-friendly natural fibre polymer composites, and the UK's longest established and largest WPC profile manufacturer. Their focus is to supply high quality natural fibre polymer composite products that exactly match industry needs, by synergistically blending polymers and natural fibres from recovered hardwood fibres and plastics. As a consequence, it is over 90% recycled and 100% recyclable.

The business is located in Wrexham, North Wales, UK and has a broad customer base from new build housing, social housing and trade. The business has developed a significant amount of know-how in the formulation and use of WPC materials and plans to expand the use of these materials in additional applications.

Ecodek merged with Epwin from November 2015, creating Specialist Building Products Limited (SBPL) trading as Ecodek. Epwin is a manufacturer of extrusions, mouldings and fabricated low maintenance building products, supplying the RMI, new build property and social housing sectors. It is best known in the construction market for its market leading window systems businesses (Profile 22 and Spectus) and its Roofline businesses (Swish Building Products, Kestrel, Kayflow and Stormking). Epwin Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary Specialist Building Products Limited, is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, and operates over 30 businesses achieving a turnover of £265m, creating employment for a workforce of over 2400 and continuing to expand its market share.

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