Hanson opens soft mud brick factory in Measham
Hanson Building Products
New brick factory
Hanson has opened a new brick factory in Measham, Leicestershire with sustainability credentials.
The Measham factory is the largest soft-mud brick plant in Europe and offers bricks with a consistent colour, dimension tolerance and quality.
It is located on a brownfield site and has been developed to combine locally sourced recycled raw materials with low energy, low waste processes, producing bricks with the lowest embodied CO2 possible.
The factory has the capacity to produce 30,000 bricks an hour, and the fully mechanised factory can operate with 28 staff.
The factory now produces eight different bricks, four which were pressed and four thrown, in red and buff plain and multi options.
A range of 18 specials are due to commence production shortly.
An open day was held to mark the launch of the factory, hosted by Hanson UK chief executive officer Patrick O'Shea and Hanson Building Products managing director David Szymanski.
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