Long Rake Spar unveil £350,000 mobile bagging unit

New state-of-the-art unit to help boost production of washed and unwashed decorative aggregates

UK decorative aggregate suppliers Long Rake Spar have this week unveiled a brand-new, £350,000, state-of-the-art mobile bagging unit to help meet increased demand.

The new unit went into service this week at the company’s flagship Rye Harbour production site, in East Sussex, to help boost production of washed and unwashed aggregates which are currently distributed across the UK.

The new unit, which can be moved and operational within just two days, will be used strategically across the business, which has four busy processing and production sites at Rye, Youlgrave in Derbyshire, Garston in Liverpool, and Prees in Shropshire, to meet specific demand.

The bagging unit features modern machinery to fill bags and palletize them robotically. It will boost the capacity of the business by 100,000 tonnes, taking the overall stock production capability to up to 850,000 tonnes/year.

Announcing the new investment, Long Rake Spar owner and managing director Trevor Broadhurst, who has been at helm for 40 years, said: ‘Long Rake Spar continue to grow, and this new investment expands our capacity but critically it allows us to be flexible on location. Within just two days the new bagging unit can be deployed at one of our four production sites to allow us to be nimble in responding to customer needs.’

He added: ‘We continue to innovate with products, technology, and taking a smart approach to the future of the business. I am delighted to see this new mobile bagging unit come online and strengthen the capabilities of Long Rake Spar as a whole.’