
The basics
Company name:?Longfield Chemicals
What they do:?Plastics distributor
Headquarters:?Runcorn
The boss:?Stuart Forsyth and Mark Pepper
The financials
Latest turnover (?,000):?51,438
Four-year compound sales growth (%):?39
Latest Ebitda (?,000):?1,290
The details
Founded in 1968, Longfield Chemicals remains privately owned and boasts turnover of more than ?51m from sales of polymers: plastic raw materials used in the production of a range of different products.?
In 2010, the company shipped around 60,000 tonnes of polymers to plastics processors around the world. According to co-owners Mark Pepper and Stuart Forsyth, the business plan is based on ?worldwide product sourcing, strong and well established supplier links, a highly experienced and a knowledgeable sales team as well as continental and UK warehousing.??
Longfield?s turnover has nearly doubled in three years from ?26.7m to ?51.4m and compound growth is running at a speedy 39 per cent. Meanwhile, EBITDA stood at ?1.29m last year, up from just ?55,000 in the basis year.
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