Lignacite notches up 40% increase in masonry block sales

Masonry products manufacturer, 7415 Lignacite, has announced a 40% increase in sales of its masonry block products since the start of 2013, and in July alone the company sold a record 180,000m² of blocks, enough to build more than 1,800 houses.

Lignacite manufacturers masonry products which incorporate a range of recycled and waste materials, including glass, wood particles, furnace ash, recycled concrete, china clay and shells.

According to Lignacite’s chairman, Giles de Lotbiniere, there are a number of reasons for the recent explosive growth.

“There has been some consolidation in our market sector, and this, combined with our modern plants has boosted our sales.  We have short lead times and can quickly adapt to the market and a number of delayed building projects have now been restarted. Our innovation and forward thinking also mean we are able to provide carbon negative products, such as The Carbon Buster.  This meets and exceeds existing building codes and these are becoming increasingly important to customers.”

Lignacite has purpose-built and modern manufacturing plants at Brandon in County Suffolk and Nazeing in County Essex, England. These are fully automated and have a combined production capacity of 21 million blocks/year.

The Carbon Buster product incorporates more than 50% recycled aggregates which are combined with Carbon8’s carbonated aggregates derived from by-products from waste to energy plants. The result is a high performing masonry product, and the first ever building block, which has captured more carbon dioxide than is emitted during its manufacture: 14kg CO2 per tonne.