Shackerley Congratulated On “Spectacular Achievement” By Boris Johnson During Visit

In April, Shackerley, Lancashire based manufacturer and prefabricator of ceramic granite ventilated cladding systems, welcomed the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to its Chorley HQ and manufacturing facilities.

During his visit Mr Johnson learned from CEO Brian Newell how Shackerley had developed the UK market for ceramic granite ventilated cladding systems throughout the noughties with its pioneering Sureclad system and was today the clear market leader.

He also heard about Shackerley’s mission to forge new markets around the world for the cladding system, starting with the USA, Canada, Brazil and Central Europe, where trading platforms have already been established through alliances with overseas partners.

In the factory, Mr Johnson saw how Shackerley has invested heavily in bespoke engineering facilities – designed and developed in-house – in order to transform exceptionally hard and strong large format ceramic granite slabs into fully prefabricated facade panels, ready to deliver to site for rapid installation onto a Sureclad support system.

Naturally Mr Johnson was particularly interested to hear about the company’s heavy involvement with high profile construction projects in the London area.

He was briefed on a raft of recently completed developments in the capital including the Hilton London Wembley and University Square Stratford, and congratulated Brian Newell and his team for securing contracts to supply several massive developments currently under way in the capital including Woodberry Down Estate, Kingston Heights and Kingston Riverside.

“What we see here is a spectacular achievement,” he commented, “the scale of the ambition is truly impressive. And I’m really thrilled to see how new construction projects all across London are helping to drive the growth of and expansion of a great Lancashire business like this.”

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