The majority of the company's investment has been focused on increasing its production.

Around half of the new investment has been spent on the installation of three new extrusion lines, taking the company's total to fourteen. This means that production capacity now exceeds 380,000 metres per week for the first time in the company's history.

The remainder of the investment will be spent on new product tooling during the next few months. A total of 8 tools will be acquired, which are essential to meet the demands of BCE's aggressive new product development and introduction programme.

Speaking about the investment, HWBP sales and marketing director, Barry Stone, said:

"HWBP has set its sights on leading every aspect of the PVC-UE building products sector and we're determined to stay well ahead of the competition. Our overall size and market strength means that we have both the financial resources and the in-house expertise to meet and exceed customer demand at every turn".

"This latest investment comes on top of more than £2.5 million of capital expenditure across the HWBP companies during the last 18 months".

"BCE's manufacturing site at Scunthorpe is now far and away the most modern and best equipped in the sector and we aim to keep it that way. Sales are growing significantly year-on-year and our aggressive product development and introduction programme will result in greater growth between now and the end of next year".