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COMPANY PROFILE
Berwin: Investment Programme and Efficiency Improvements Fuel Growth Plans
markets. A visit to Berwin’s manufacturing facility in Lydney, Gloucestershire, and discussions with Managing Director Gareth Jefferson and Sales Director Clive Rickards revealed more. Since the acquisition, Berwin has been part of HEXPOL’s Compounding Group, answering to the Group’s regional European
Division based in Eupen, Belgium. The company is rather unusual within HEXPOL in that 75% of Berwin’s business comes from the tyre industry and in particular from the retreading sector (the other HEXPOL company with a strong footprint in the retreading sector is the envelope manufacturer, Robbins, which operates under HEXPOL Compounding’s NAFTA Division). The company is active in a growing number of other
diversified markets such as antivibration mounts, rail pads, damp proofing, matting and diving suit zips, but the core of the company’s business still comes from the tyre industry. HEXPOL’s core strength, on the other hand, but not limited to
Managing Director Gareth Jefferson and Sales Director Clive Rickards
Slitter cuts sheets into strips
With a history dating back to 1953, Berwin Industrial Polymers has played a major role in the UK retreading market for many years, supplying rubber compound to hot cure retreaders across a variety of sectors from motorsport to earthmover. However, since 2016, when the
company was acquired by the Sweden-based polymers group, HEXPOL AB, the company has undergone something of a transformation, investing significantly in factory improvements and upgrades, focusing on a strategy of environmental sustainability and expanding into new