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I was struck by how many designers took risks with different methods. Builders Merchants can reflect this trend for diversification...
Neil McLafferty, national sales manager, Forterra
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provides a uniquely broad range for the market, and builders’ merchants remain our primary route to that market. “As well as manufacturing one of the largest selections of facing bricks in the UK – at quantities of more than half a billion bricks per year - Forterra is the only producer of Thermalite, the country’s leading aircrete block, plus a selection of other aggregate blocks. “Our bricks and blocks are our most popular products for merchants, but our building products range does not stop there. “Forterra also specialises in providing roofing components such as ridge tiles and chimney pots, via our experts at Red Bank in Measham and also has a team of talented special brick experts based in Cradley Heath. The bespoke creative services offered by their highly experienced workforces, many of whom have been in the trade for decades, is unmatched.
“Red Bank marks a century in business this year, as does Forterra’s precast concrete specialists Bison Precast, who also provide a bespoke offering to clients. Merchants also have access to the technical services teams across the breadth of our company portfolio,
so if you or your customers have any queries, our experience is literally at your service. “Add to this our unique multi-product offer, with which we can cut costs and delivery times by combining bricks with aircrete blocks in a single shipment, and you have a product and service offering in a class of its own, and we are continuing to invest in our many facilities to increase capacity in 2019, and beyond.”
January 2019
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net
Forterra’s wide range of products and services leads the way in a sector that increasingly must cater to the needs of customers with high expectations and demanding specification requirements. The grand designs of the future will be built using ever more diverse products, and the successful merchants of the future will be those which offer the most choice to customers. BMJ
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