EXPRESS ASPHALT OPENS FIRST WELSH PLANT

Express Asphalt has celebrated the opening of its first asphalt plant in Wales, supplying local authorities, utility reinstatement contractors, local surfacing and construction companies and pavers in and around Swansea and the Vale of Neath.

Based at Skewen, Express Asphalt Neath Abbey is ideally situated at the junction of the A465 and the M4 motorway and offers a fast and efficient asphalt collection service, including hot storage facilities.

The plant is open seven days a week from 6.00am and produces a wide range of asphalt products including macadams, hot rolled asphalt, SMA and pre-coating chippings. It also offers a selection of merchanting products for sale, such as PPE, shovels and tarpaulins. Neath Abbey is supplied with local aggregates from Bardon Aggregates’ Cwm Nant Lleici Quarry near Swansea and Allt Y Garn Quarry in Cross Hands. An efficient delivery service is also available.

Express Asphalt’s business manager for Neath Abbey, Julian Radcliffe, says: “The new plant is designed to cater for the needs of customers requiring smaller quantities of asphalt while also providing a high level of personal service. Collect loads are available from as little as three quarters of a tonne with no prior ordering necessary. Most importantly, orders are placed directly with the plant , rather than via an off-site call centre, so customers can be assured of good quality, local service and a high level of technical advice if required.”

Express Asphalt has a network of plants throughout the UK which are easily accessible by transport networks and carefully located to reduce travelling times for local customer collections. All plants can produce small quantities of asphalt and are designed to facilitate quick and efficient loading. As with all its plants, Express Asphalt Neath Abbey is assured to the ISO 9001:2000 quality standard and ISO 14001 for environmental management systems.

MAY 2005