Supplementary press statement for PRW compounding feature 05 December 2008 - November 2008
New materials from Dugdale. Dugdale believes that it has established a lead over its competitors by offering lead-free versions of all its grades ahead of the 2015 voluntary commitment to phase out the use of lead stabilisers in PVC compounds. In recent months it has focussed on creating several new injection moulding and extrusion materials, for both flexible and rigid application areas.

Dugdale invests £200K in new high speed mixer to meet demand for its latest products but warns of uncertain times ahead - October 2008
Dugdale, the Sowerby Bridge based PVC compounder, is investing £200K in a new high speed mixer in response to growing demand for its latest products and to improve lead times.

Continued growth prompts Dugdale to appoint new Health & Safety Manager - June 2008
Debby Durkin has been appointed Health & Safety Manager of Dugdale Plc, the rigid and flexible PVC compounds manufacturer based in West Yorkshire.

GROUND BREAKING LEAD/TIN FREE PURGE/FREEZE COMPOUND MEETS BROADER TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR RIGID AND FLEXIBLE PVC PROCESSORS - June 2008
As companies move towards both the PVC industry voluntary commitment which stipulates the phasing out of lead by 2015, and the forthcoming implications with regard to REACH compliance, purge and freeze compounds have tended to be overlooked due to the efficiency of ‘heavy metal’ based systems with regard to thermal stability. However, Ducafreeze, the latest high performance PVC compound developed by Dugdale Plc, has rewritten the script.

NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT DUGDALE WILL FOCUS ON KEY MARKET SECTORS
Andy Tombs has joined rigid and flexible PVC compounds manufacturer Dugdale in the newly created position of business development manager. Previously he was area sales manager at Doeflex-Vitapol, part of British Vita, and before that development technologist at Wavin.

Dugdale invests £400,000 in new plant - January 2007
Dugdale has invested £400,000 in new plant to increase production efficiency and to drive further development of its Ducavin brand of non-lead stabilised, high performance, technical PVC compounds.

Dugdale appoints small lots distributor - October 2006
Dugdale Plc has appointed Claymore Plastics nationwide distributor for small lots of its high quality PVC compounds.

New managing director for Dugdale Plc - August 2006
David Outen has been appointed managing director of Dugdale Plc the technical PVC compounds and dry blends manufacturer. He succeeds Tom Durkin who takes on a new role as Executive Chairman. Richard Bickerton, who purchased the company with Tom Durkin in 2001, becomes non-executive director.

NEW GASKET COMPOUNDS FROM DUGDALE TARGET CO-EXTRUSION APPLICATIONS - July 2006
Two new nitrile PVC gasket compounds with attractive cost performance profiles aimed at co-extrusion sealing applications in the PVC window systems sector have been launched by Dugdale Plc, the specialist PVC and dry blend compounder.

NEW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR DUGDALE PLC WILL DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL COMPOUNDS - May, 2006
PVC expert Dr Jeff Ryan has joined specialist PVC compound and dry blend manufacturer Dugdale Plc as technical director. Previously he was technical manager-materials of Eurocell Profiles Limited, one of the largest PVCU extruders in the UK