Bishop Auckland based Plastic Mouldings Northern Ltd (PMN) have cemented a strong year of growth by picking up a top industry accolade for their JOUPLAST® range of Decking and Paving Pedestals.
The main output at PMN is the production of vacuum formed plastic parts, which sees PMN supply high quality and often very intricate moulded parts to an array of industries. PMN is a regionally rooted business operating on a national and international scale and diversification is a key mechanism of growth at the company, which has seen PMN partner with the French firm, JOUPLAST®.
PMN hold the exclusive contract to distribute the JOUPLAST® adjustable risers (which ensure decking and paving slabs sit evenly) across the UK and Ireland. The decking products which recently featured on BBC DIY SOS are stocked by Homebase, Wickes, and Amazon, with turnover in this part of the company alone hitting over £1m last year.
The JOUPLAST® range of Decking and Paving Pedestals have been awarded one of the prestigious Editorial Awards from the Professional Builder Magazine. Each year the magazine casts its cultivated eye over the highlights of the last twelve months and the result is their Top Product Awards. The annual industry accolade celebrates the solutions in the industry and the JOUPLAST® range of Decking and Paving Pedestals took one of the prestigious Editorial Awards.
The recent award has cemented a strong year for the industry innovator who recently celebrated their 20th Anniversary. Set up in 2002 by founders Freddy Bourdais and Mark Rigg, the company has grown year on year ever since. PMN have built up a prominent reputation across the manufacturing sector globally with customers and industry peers.
They have bolstered impressive post-pandemic growth doubling turnover in the last two years despite the pandemic. Alongside staff expansion, bringing the workforce to 22, new site acquisition and increasing their expansive site to three acres with 65,000 square feet of indoor storage, alongside investment in key logistics.
The process of vacuum formed plastics requires extensive experience and expertise to achieve high quality results. The company supplies clients nationwide and internationally with recent client contracts established to Australia and New Zealand. Their capabilities are highly innovative, supplying to the automotive industry, defence, aeronautical, medical, precision engineering and food industry.
Collaboration and innovation have been at the forefront of the expansive growth trajectory with strong investment in building long-standing working relationships. Over the years PMN’s wealth of knowledge and prominent reputation has seen the company work with London Underground, McLaren, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, JCB and BAE Systems.
Freddy Bourdais, Co-Founder and Sales Director, Plastic Mouldings Northern Ltd said: “We are delighted to have been awarded one of the prestigious Editorial Awards from the Professional Builder Magazine. “JOUPLAST® is very successful in France, and it makes it much easier to lay decking and paving level. We are delighted to hold the exclusive distribution rights across the UK and Ireland, and the response to the product line has been phenomenal.
The clear ambition is to make JOUPLAST® the ‘go to’ brand for all types of decking and paving solutions here in the UK as it is in France, so we are delighted that the product range has seen industry recognition on a national scale.”
Freddy added: “We are committed to bringing investment, growth and creating sustainable jobs to support the local economy and we are delighted with the direction of the company as we hit 2023.
Collaboration and innovation is key to our growth. We heavily invest in building relationships with our customer base and have built up many strong connections over the years. We very much look forward to embracing the next stage of expansion at PMN.”