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The third part of our business is focused on the production of low carbon concrete products. Following our recent acquisition of Monster Mix, we utilise our recycled aggregates in the supply of sustainable concrete products and services.”
To accommodate recent growth and facilitate further expansion, the company has made a series of significant investments. Rowan elaborates on the benefits this will bring the business:“ The business has made significant investments over time. A multimillion-pound investment in the aggregate processing facility was completed in 2023; prior to that, there was a similar multi-millionpound investment in the waste recycling facility. We’ ve also recently invested in a new waste shredder, which is so much more efficient than previous models that we’ ve been able to replace two older machines with one new unit. In the coming year, we will be upgrading another three-to-four pieces of equipment as well as refreshing some of the
Monster Mix assets. We’ re constantly updating our equipment to make sure we are operating as efficiently as possible.”
Significant growth strategy
Rowan then reflects on the challenges in the industry and how Allstone is positioned to overcome any subsequent difficulties:“ Often it’ s the same obstacles that everybody faces. The biggest challenge is economic uncertainty; you can plan for difficult times, but it’ s the not knowing that makes things super difficult. If you look at it from a broader perspective, trading in construction materials has been difficult lately; the early part of this year has been challenging. We’ re more of a local business than a multinational, but competition remains the same and we’ re constantly faced with input cost increases. This makes it more challenging to give people the value they’ ve come to expect. The only way that we can really prepare ourselves
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