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WELCOME TO GLASSBOND (NW) LTD

Company Overview

Company History - Timeline

• 1978

Company founded to manufacture Lamp Capping Cements

• 1982

Company moves premises to existing location – Jackson Street, St Helens

• 1982

Company installs speciality Moulding Compounds Facility

• 1987

Sales of Lamp Capping Cement peak in the UK

• 1989

Sales market for Lamp Capping Cements shifts from UK to export markets

• 1992

Glassbond achieves quality accreditation to BS5750

• 1997

An agreement is reached with Sauereisen Inc USA for Glassbond (NW)LTD to manufacture and distribute inorganic high temperature cement in Europe

• 2001

Company is awarded the Queens award for Enterprise in recognition of it’s

• utstanding record in international sales

• 2002

Quality accreditation upgraded to ISO 9001:2000

• 2003

Glassbond celebrates 25 years in business

• 2004

Glassbond achieves environmental accreditation to ISO 14001: 1996

• 2008

Glassbond expands its moulding compounds portfolio and commences manufacture of coloured melamine resin based compounds

• 2012

Moulding Compounds Limited is formed in recognition of continued growth in the phenolic/melamine resin based compounds market

• 2015

Glassbond (NW)LTD continues to grow and develop products across all three business units to the highest quality to ensure that the needs of the customer are met

• 2017

Successfully obtained accreditation to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015

• 2018

Glassbond celebrates 40 years in business

Company Today

• Currently 27 employees on site
• Turnover in excess of 4.0 million pounds sterling per annum
• Plant capacities:
• Lamp Capping Cements

4000MT/Annum

• Moulding Compounds

700MT/Annum

• High Temperature Cements

300MT/Annum

• Sales Markets: 75 – 80% of sales are export to Europe, Asia, USA and Australia the

balance are UK based

• Premises: 10 x 2500 Sq Ft industrial units, housing manufacturing, office,

warehousing and laboratory facilities

Introductions

Managing Director

• Mr. Philip Randell

Accounts Manager

• Mrs. A. King

Sales Office Administrators

• Mrs. J. Rosbottom
• Mrs. C. Southward

Operations Director

• Mr. Michael Cordell

Purchasing Director

• Mr. Richard Randell

Purchasing Clerk

• Mrs. C. Swift

Accounts Administrator

• Mrs. W. Cordell

Engineering Department

(2 staff)

Senior Chargehands

• Mr. D. Handley (S)
• Mr. I. Wilkinson (LCC)

Production Operators

(2 Staff)

Moulding Compounds Plant Manager

• Mr. M. Thompson

Moulding Compounds Production Chargehands and Operators (5 Staff)

QC Analysts

• Mr. A. Byrnes
• Mr. A. Sanders

Chairman

• Mr. Derek Randell

Senior Chargehand

• Mr. M. Price (MCL)

QC Laboratory Supervisor

• Mr. A. Game

Engineering Manager

• Mr. J. Murphy

Technical Manager

• Mr. D. Ruxton

Site Overview

SALES OFFICE

LAB OFFICE OPERATIONS MANAGER

LAMP CEMENTS RAW MATERIALS WAREHOUSE MCL FINISHED GOODS

ACCOUNTS OFFICE AND CONFERENCE ROOM LAMP CEMENTS PREMIX AND WAREHOUSE MANAGING DIRECTORS OFFICE LAMP CEMENTS FACTORY LAMP CEMENTS PASTE FACTORY COLD STORE SAUEREISEN POWDER RAW MATERIALS FACTORY AND WAREHOUSE SAUEREISEN PASTE RAW MATERIALS FACTORY AND WAREHOUSE CONFERENCE ROOM MOULDING COMPOUNDS LTD RAW MATERIALS – PRE MIX

WESTSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

LAMP CEMENTS WAREHOUSE RECEPTION AND PURCHASING OFFICE CANTEEN PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT QUALITY CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT LAB UNIT 2 CANTEEN

GLASSBOND UNIT 4 GLASSBOND UNIT 5 GLASSBOND UNIT 6 GLASSBOND UNIT 7 GLASSBOND UNIT 7A GLASSBOND UNIT 7B

EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY POINT

J A C K S O N S T R E E T

GLASSBOND UNIT 3

UNIT 1 GLASSBOND UNIT 8A GLASSBOND UNIT 8B REST ROOM TESTING ROOM MOULDING COMPOUNDS LTD FACTORY GLASSBOND UNIT 8 SHOWERS AND LOCKERS FITTERS WORKSHOP MOULDING COMPOUNDS FINISHED GOODS MOULDING COMPOUNDS RM

ENGINEERING MANAGER CANTEEN

Lamp Capping Cements

• Manufacture and sales of lamp capping adhesives mainly based on phenolic and

silicone resins, for electric light bulbs and lamps. Incorporating natural and synthetic binders, fillers, bonding agents, etc.

• Besopoke grades are possible for individual customer requirements such as lamp

type, local environment and operating conditions.

• Products are blended in one of three large capacity ribbon blade blending

machines and packed to customer requirements in a dedicated manufacturing facility.

• In addition to the dry powder blending facility, Glassbond (NW) LTD can also

produce the Lamp Capping Cement in paste form to order, where certain customers may not have the facility for the preparation of the product themselves

Examples of lamp types for which Lamp Capping Cements are suitable

Moulding Compounds

• Manufacture and sales of thermoset moulding materials based either on

phenolic or melamine resin, for various applications and components. Formulations are based on resin binders incorporating a range of reinforcing and enhancing fillers, pigments, curing agents etc.

• Products are manufactured on one of two dedicated rolling mills.
• Large quantity of colours available either as individual ‘solid’ colours or

combinations of colours to form bespoke ‘blends’.

• Dedicated blending facility on site to produce a vast array of colour

combinations.

High Temperature Cements

• Manufacture and sales of Inorganic High Temperature adhesives – under licence

from Sauereisen Inc USA.

• Cements can be used for bonding ceramic, metal and glass in the electrical,

mechanical, metallurgical and sensors/instruments markets.

• The adhesives are capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1649oC (3000oF)

making them ideal for the most challenging assembly, encapsulation and sealing applications.

• Products are supplied in powder form or ready made paste to meet customer

requirements.

Examples of applications for High Temperature Cements

Quality at Glassbond

• Dedicated team working within the Quality/R&D/Technical Departments.
• Certified and accredited to current international standards for both quality and

environmental aspects.

• All site operations are managed within a QMS/EMS framework covering items

such as:

• Control of quality systems/records
• Internal quality audits
• Quarantine of products not suitable for use/resale
• Management of complaints
• Goods return
• Product non-conformity
• Corrective action
• Introduction of new products
• Deviations from procedure
• Quality policy and objectives and Environmental policy
• Environmental objectives, aspects and impacts

Glassbond (NW) Ltd, West Side Industrial Estate Jackson Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3AT England Tel: +44 (0) 1744 730 334 Fax: +44 (0) 1744 451 661 (General) +44 (0) 1744 453 242 Sales Email: info@glassbond.co.uk Web: www.glassbond.co.uk ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified