Hartshorn buys Sheerframe
Trade Extrusion
20th November 2018

Garner Holdings, owned by Roger Hartshorn, has purchased the former Sheerframe trade extrusion business from Synseal. This sale affects only the Trade Extrusion, including Hometrim Cellular Foam and Sheerline fencing & decking products, while the Sheerframe window systems and Masterdor businesses remain owned by the Synseal Group.

Roger Hartshorn said in a statement today: “In order to build on one of the pioneers of UK PVCu extrusion, and link to its rich heritage, we have renamed the new company LB Plastics Ltd. LB Plastics will continue to operate from the Firs Works site at Nether Heage, next door to Garner Aluminum Extrusions Ltd, a new company formed to be a leading extruder and supplier of aluminum profiles. The new Aluminum plant is being installed in the spring of 2019 and will be commissioned by the end of the summer.

“The PVCu trade extrusion will be highly complementary to the aluminum profiles that we will look to develop and so it was an obvious fit for my future plans. This will also give the benefit of sharing resources across the single site and offering a total supply of complementary single sourced extrusions and mouldings.”

“We plan to expand and invest in new machinery and products in order to restore the site to its former glory.”

“The Firs Works site at Nether Heage has been owned by Garner Holdings for over two years and also remains home to Masterdor, a Synseal group company and Litchfield Investments Ltd, the privately owned property division, still owned by the Litchfield family.”

“This acquisition is a ‘win-win’ situation; it gives security to the staff and a springboard to build on for Garner Holdings and its sister company Garner Aluminum Extrusions.”