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| Company type | Public (LSE: FLTR) |
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| Industry | Plastic products |
| Founded | 1940s |
| Headquarters | Milton Keynes, UK |
Key people | Jeff Harris, Chairman Mark Harper, CEO |
| Revenue | £526.4 million (2008) |
| £61.7 million (2008) | |
| £36.4 million (2008) | |
| Website | www.filtrona.com |
Filtrona PLC LSE: FLTR is a supplier of plastic and fibre products. The company operates internationally from headquarters in Milton Keynes in the UK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
The Company was established in Jarrow in the 1940s as the Fibres division of Bunzl.[1] In 1955 it acquired Moss Plastic Products, a plastic products manufacturer,[1] in 1994 MSI Oilfield Products, a pipe protection business,[1] and in 1996 it bought Payne, a manufacturer of self-adhesive tapes.[1]
In 1997 the Bunzl Fibres division bought Filtrona Corporation, a US filter technology specialist which it had demerged in 1984.[2] At this time the Filtrona name was adopted for the enlarged Bunzl Fibres business.
Filtrona bought Enitor, a Dutch extruder business, in 1998[1] and Skiffy Group, a Dutch nylon parts business in 2004.[1] Filtrona was demerged from Bunzl in 2005.[3] It went on to buy Duraco, a US adhesive coated products business in 2007. In 2008, Filtrona purchased Lendell Manufacturing, a foam manufacturer. The foam and fiber businesses were combined into a new division and named Filtrona Porous Technologies.[1]
Operations
The Company is structured as follows:[4]
Plastic technologies
- Protection and finishing products
- Moss (protection and finishing products)
- Skiffy (plastic products)
- Alliance Plastics (plastic and injection moulded products)
- Duraco (adhesive coated products)
- MSI Oilfield Products (pipe protection products)
- Coated & security products
- Payne (pressure sensitive tear tape)
- Payne Security (ID cards and security labels)
- FractureCode (tracking systems)
- Plastic profile & sheet
- Filtrona Extrusion (extruded plastic components)
- Enitor (profile extrusion products)
Foam and Fibre technologies (Filtrona Porous Technologies)
- Filtrona Filters (cigarette filters)
- Filtrona Fibretec (fluid and vapour handling components)
- Lendell Foams (hydrophilic foam products)
Filtrona Porous Technologies is a manufacturer of fluid-handling and vapor-handling components, utilizing the technologies of Filtrona Fibertec bonded fiber and Lendell Manufacturing hydrophilic foam[5].