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RP Adam opens powder plant
16 June 2016
Cleaning and detergent manufacturer RP Adam (Arpal Group) has opened a new £100,000 UK powder production plant at its manufacturing base in Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders.

The new facility has been designed to meet a growing demand for powdered detergent across the UK, and will initially handle 400,000 kilos of product per year, aiming to exceed the one million kilo mark by 2020.
The investment forms part of a wider £400,000 plant improvement and expansion programme delivered by RP Adam in 2016 which has included a major expansion of the factory and warehouse facilities, resulting in a 40 per cent increase in storage capacity at the Selkirk site in line with increased business growth.
Martin Carroll, group technical director at RP Adam, said: “Our new in-house production plant has taken two years of planning, testing and implementation and now brings a new dimension to our UK manufacturing base. It will allow us to treble our production capacity of powder over the next five years, as well as giving us a security of supply of a product for which we have seen a steady increase in demand in recent years, especially across the UK healthcare and catering market.
“RP Adam is best known for its liquid detergents, but this strategic investment means we can now handle almost any pack size and any volume required - whether it is liquid or powder.”
RP Adam is set to use its new facility to capitalise on the to-own-label (TOL) market, as a complement to its branded offering. For commercial kitchens, this includes tannin removing destainer, powder degreaser, heavy-duty de-carboniser, dish wash powder and a sanitising powder. For the licenced trade, there is a glass renovating powder and, for the on-premises laundry market, a range of laundry powder detergents and stain removal products.
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