{"id":1159927,"date":"2026-08-20T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1159927\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:33:30","slug":"mapei-expands-uk-manufacturing-operations-with-new-burnley-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1159927\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapei Expands UK Manufacturing Operations with New Burnley Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        20 August 2026\n                <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mapei_burnley_1ed.webp\" alt=\"Mapei employees outside the new Burnley facility\" width=\"951\" height=\"535\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mapei UK, the manufacturer of construction chemicals,\u00a0has acquired a new production and distribution facility at Frontier Park, Burnley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Located just off Junction 9 of the M65, the new site will replace the company\u2019s two existing Burnley facilities, bringing manufacturing, warehousing, technical services and office space together under one roof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Burnley Facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new facility represents an investment of plus \u00a340 million pounds in<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Mapei UK\u2019s manufacturing infrastructure\u00a0and will provide over 15,000 m\u00b2 of warehouse space, alongside an additional 1066m\u00b2 which will include a\u00a0technical training academy\u00a0and\u00a0laboratory. It will also provide increased yard space, helping to improve logistics, storage capacity and operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Frontier Park<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will become the centre of Mapei UK\u2019s\u00a0construction business\u00a0which will include<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>extruded membranes manufacturing operations, and the installation of a brand-new powder plant technology\u00a0to increase production capacity, providing the flexibility and infrastructure to support continued expansion for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82648 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mapei_burnley_2.webp\" alt=\"Mapei's new Burnley facility\" width=\"570\" height=\"306\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK Manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The investment will also allow Mapei UK to bring the manufacture of selected products currently imported into the UK in-house, improving product availability and reducing lead times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phil Breakspear, Mapei UK\u2019s Managing Director, commented:<\/strong> \u201cThe new Burnley facility represents another significant investment in the UK market and underlines our long-term commitment to British manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new site is a platform for future growth, increasing our production capabilities and ensuring we continue to provide the high levels of quality, innovation and customer service that Mapei UK is renowned for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roofingtoday.co.uk\/tag\/mapei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&gt;&gt; Read more about Mapei in the news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 August 2026 Mapei UK, the manufacturer of construction chemicals,\u00a0has acquired a new production and distribution facility at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1159928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,62100,4884,99692,315090,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-1159927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-expansions","tag-great-britain","tag-manufacturers","tag-mapei","tag-northern-ireland","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}