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Jun 03, 2009
Drapers look to expand despite volatile market
03 June 09
Albert Draper and Sons Ltd. have announced ambitious expansion plans to help them diversify into the plastic recycling and waste electrical equipment (WEE) sector.
Subject to planning approval, Drapers are hoping to construct a state-of-the-art plastic recycling plant to compliment their existing metal processing facilities.
The plant would be built on land adjacent to Drapers’ current site off Hedon Road in East Hull, which has been owned by the company for some time but is currently under-utilized.
Managing Director, Peter Draper believes this is a further indication of the company’s long-term growth:
“Our expansion into plastic recycling and WEE reinforces the fact that we are never prepared to stand still. We want to emerge from these tough times stronger and better prepared to move forward in a competitive marketplace, and with the ability to offer our customers an enhanced service”
Drapers is a family owned firm in its 87th year which has recently invested over half a million pounds into new equipment and site infrastructure at their two-acre site in Raven St, Hull as part of a long term strategy to create a recycling centre of excellence. Currently under the third generation of owner managers, the company has a UK wide reputation to recycle waste of any size from almost any industry. In the past this included steam trains, aeroplanes, trawlers and even an old Cold War submarine. Much of the material is exported to many different countries across Europe, and as far afield as China.
