John Spiby is new Padiham Glass CEO
22nd January 2019

Former Pilkington AG General Manager John Spiby has been appointed CEO of trade IGU manufacturer Padiham Glass.

Starting his career with Interpane, John moved to become Managing Director at IGU manufacturer AG Glass and Glazing in 2000. When it was acquired by Pilkington in 2007, he continued to head up the company until 2012, growing the business to a £16m turnover.

Moving into a new role as national sales manager, with responsibilities for architectural and commercial glass within Pilkington parent company NSG between 2012 and 2017, he became managing director of national trade fabricator Direct Trade in 2017.

At Padiham, he heads up a new management team, which has already committed to a six-figure investment programme in the first half of 2019.

“There are always opportunities to grow; to be better at what we do  and to deliver a continuously improving service and product offer to our trade customers”, he said. “I see no reason why Padiham Glass couldn’t become another Pilkington AG. We have the capacity to manufacture more than 15,000 units a week, with scope to grow that further through efficiencies and investment.”

“IGU supply can be expected to remain turbulent this year. As a trade IGU specialist who is investing - and which has the resource behind it to continue to invest, and for the long term – we are building a product and service offer which will deliver a step change in approach in trade IGU supply.”

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