Building board manufacturer Fermacell is increasing its production capacity, in part to meet unprecedented demand from the UK.

Above: New Fermacell factory in Spain, near Santander

The UK sales operation of Europe’s largest supplier of gypsum fibre board marked a record increase in volume in 2015 over 2014.

Growth has been attributed to a range of factors: some high-profile projects such as Great Ormond Street Hospital; an increasing use of Fermacell boards in rainscreen applications; the on-going take-up of Powerpanel H2O in external wall render applications; and the growing use of Fermacell as a low-cost tile backer solution.

The manufacturer is now ramping up production at its factories in Germany and the Netherlands and has built a new factory in Spain. 

UK general manager Gary Carter said: “We had a very good year in 2015, building even further on growth over the past few years.  Sales were a record for the UK by a significant amount and with an expanded sales team led by Matt Challenger we are setting ambitious growth targets for 2016 and beyond.”