Building supplies maker plans new £140m site

A building supplies company has revealed plans to invest £140m in a new manufacturing facility at Bristol Port.The investment by Etex Building Performance, the dry construction arm of the Etex Group, is the company’s largest single capital investment to date.The facility will be an advanced plasterboard manufacturing facility for the company’s Siniat brand and will be sited at the Royal Portbury Dock.The new facility will serve Siniat’s customers across the UK, including projects in the residential, commercial and renovation sectors, and will manufacture the company’s full plasterboard product range. Once operating at capacity, the new plant will double its Bristol-based production of certain plasterboard products and will create 50 new jobs. The company’s two existing plants at Bristol and Ferrybridge, which employ a total of 330, will continue to operate. Etex plans to work with North Somerset Council to develop plans for the new facility and will aim to start operations in 2022 subject to planning approval.