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Naylor Industries celebrates its 130th year
and diversification has been key to growing the business. “
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Barnsley-based buildingmaterial manufacturer Naylor Industries is celebrating its 130th year.
The company,whichwas founded as a clay pipemanufacturer by GeorgeWilfred Naylor in 1890, remains in family hands under CEO Edward Naylor, the fourth generation of the family to head up the business.
Naylorwas founded in theWest Yorkshire
RSK Group Ltd, a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has today announced the acquisition ofWater Research Centre Ltd (WRc), an independent centre of excellence for innovation and growth, and its subsidiary Cognica.WRc boastsmore than 90 years of delivering leading, technical research and innovation services to the globalwater, wastemanagement and energy sectors. Cognica is a leading provider of intelligent informationmanagement solutions and services to the construction and estate managementmarkets. The businesses are based in Swindon, UK, and are RSK’s seventh and eighth acquisitions of 2020.
WRc’s 170 employees bring a shared purpose of discovering and delivering newand exciting
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village of Denby Dale and retains a Yorkshire focus today,with three of its five factories being in the Barnsley area.
More recently, Naylor has acquired manufacturing sites in Fife and theWest Midlands.
While the company stillmanufactures clay pipes, recent decades have seen the business diversify, launching a range of plastic and
concrete products and carrying out amulti- million-pound programme of investment in its manufacturing capabilities.
..our emphasis on innovation
Naylor is an active exporter, having sold its products into 65 internationalmarkets.
Although the company primarily supplies the construction industry, its Yorkshire Flowerpots business is nowthe UK’s largestmanufacturer of terracotta garden pots.
Business turnover exceeds £55mand the company employs some 400 people.
Most recently, Naylor has been developing the next generation of the businesswith an active apprentice programme and amanagement trainee initiative, involving sponsorship of degree level studies.
Edward Naylor, chief executive, said: “We're very proud of our history as very few businessesmake it through to the fourth generation.
“Butwe're always very keen to look forward as well as back, and our emphasis on innovation and diversification has been key to growing the business.
“We're hoping that this - and the development of apprentices and other young people in the business - provide firmfoundations for another 130 years of growth.”
RSK welcomes WRC to the Group
Alan Ryder, RSK CEO &Founder
..we are delighted to welcome both WRc and its subsidiary Cognica to RSK.”
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