Tudor Griffiths' new Terex Finlay plant opens up new markets

A new Terex Finlay 683 Supertrak is proving a versatile addition for Tudor Griffiths Group at their head office site in Shropshire. Supplied by Finlay Central, the machine is opening up new markets for the group by processing woodchip material.

It is able to move around their Wood Lane site on tracks to carry out other work, including the dry screening of building sands and gravel, sizing aggregate and producing recycled aggregates.

Situated within 200 acres on the edge of Ellesmere, near to the Welsh border, Wood Lane has been an important quarry site since the beginning of the 20th century.

Today, as well as continuing to operate as a high-quality sand and gravel pit, it is the headquarters of Tudor Griffiths Group, who were established in 1864 and are leading suppliers of construction materials, building supplies, ready-mixed concrete, waste management and recycling. Also located on the site is a material recycling facility, a landfill and a concrete mixing plant.

The machine is the second 683 supplied by Finlay Central to Tudor Griffiths Group and is an upgraded replacement - specified with environmental performance at the fore. It is able to support Tudor Griffiths Group’s waste material recycling rate at Wood Lane, currently in excess of 80 per cent, and helps reduce the amount of products going to landfill. 

Tony Williams of Tudor Griffiths Group, said: ‘We have identified woodchip as a potential, saleable product and we wanted a machine that was versatile in terms of separating wood into various sizes, whilst still being able to be used on site for the processing of aggregates and recycled stone.

‘Since its introduction, we have found the 683 to be very adaptable and user-friendly, with the flexibility to produce a clean, saleable product.’

The Terex Finlay 683 is producing three sized products in processing wood chip, minus 5mm, 5 –16mm, and plus 16mm. 

The woodchip comes to the 683 for processing from Tudor Griffiths’ on-site material recycling facility, and the end product is used for biomass and chip board manufacturing, as well as other recycled timber applications.

The new 683 is the eighth Terex Finlay machine supplied by Finlay Central to Tudor Griffiths Group.