Posted on February 14, 2010.
Quinn Group QUINN Manufacturing
The main activities of the manufacturing division are the manufacturing and supply of cement and concrete products, including tiles, flooring preload, Quinn-lite blocks, the polystyrene insulation products, quarry products and tarmac General. QUINN quarries are involved in the extraction and processing of sand and gravel since the 1970s, the Division of Career Group continues to produce these products today. stone, washed sand, gravel, ready mixed concrete and concrete blocks are all produced in factories Quinn. The second career in Williamstown, County Galway was founded in 1977 to supply Galway and surrounding counties with quarry and concrete products.
QUINN tile production began in 1982 with a built-in factory Gortmullen, Derrylin. This first plant was commissioned in 1982. However, due to market demand for a new factory built on the present site began production in 2001 and was expanded in 2005. Quinn tiles can be regarded as a major supplier to the construction sector throughout Ireland. QUINN prestressed began to produce precast concrete products in 1984. All these products are used in a variety of construction applications for domestic and industrial. QUINN Lite light product blocks heat. Blocks are for building internal and external walls above and internal and external leaves of cavity walls. QUINN Lite Pac, Granard, Co. Longford was founded in 1975 to produce and distribute products in expanded polystyrene insulation for the construction industry. The product is a panel of expanded polystyrene insulation for floors. Much of this material is used in the insulation of commercial, industrial and domestic.
QUINN Therm, at Scotchtown, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan was commissioned in October 2004 to produce and distribute polyurethane rigid insulation products for the Irish and UK market. Quinn Therm produces rigid foam panels for cavity wall insulation. QUINN Tarmac was established in 1994 to produce a range of bituminous products. QUINN Cement has been in production since 1989 on its website Derrylin using local raw materials from quarrying facilities. Given the growing demand generated by the construction sector over the years, a second plant was commissioned in 2000 in the northern part of the Republic of Ireland, outside the small town of Ballyconnell and near the border Northern Ireland.
Quinn Plastics is a supplier of transparent plastic sheet (formerly known as Barlo Plastics). Barlo Plastics was established in 1998 by the merger of four producers of plastic sheets and expanded by four other companies extrusion sheets in 1999 and 2000. In 2004, Barlo Plastics was acquired by the Quinn Group and renamed Quinn Plastics. With its headquarters based in Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh, the company has operating facilities in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Slovakia, United Kingdom and the Czech Republic. Quinn Plastics produces 90,000 tons per year and employs over 700 people. In 2005, the Company has acquired a start-up company, known as Polyex the UK is now the basis of their production site Alfreton. Quinn Plastics provide products for many applications including building and construction, interior decoration and security.
In May 2004, the Group acquired the Quinn Barlo Group PLC. This has led to the announcement of the formation of Quinn Plastics on January 1, 2005. The company's main activity is the production of domestic and industrial. In 2005, the Company has acquired a start-up company, known as Polyex the UK is now the basis of their production site Alfreton.
Quinn Chemicals is building a manufacturing plant methacrylate (MMA) in Leuna in eastern Germany. However, construction has been put on hold as of January 2009 due to high cost overruns "and" deteriorating market. Some works are Contin.