We are a Yorshire based fabric and structural engineering company specialising in the design, manufacture and onsite installation of cover solutions, comprising of fabric and structural metalwork for a wide variety of industries. Operating internationally, we have a reputation around the world for innovation and the quality of product and service we provide.
Founded in Sussex in 1973, the company relocated to Leeds in 1974 and commenced manufacturing of swimming pool covers and and water tank liners, moving into the more generalised world of tarpaulins. The business relocated to Thirsk in North Yorkshire in 1989 and set up shop in what is now our head office. Over the years the company has manufactured fabricated covers for a multitude of industries and use cases, however the high tech Power Plastics of today bears little resemblance to the company starting out in the early 1970s. Gone are the days of manufacturing swimming pool covers and tarpaulins, with the company now supplying tents into the military, vast cover systems for aircraft carriers and installing complex aluminium and fabric structures into the water industry, to name just a few of our current products and services.
Today Power Plastics employs over 110 staff and operates from four sites across Yorkshire, with manufacturing facilities located in Bradford, Thirsk and Teesside. The company operates more tracker welders (FIAB) than any other manufacturer in the UK, 18 at last count as well as half a dozen CNC machines, giving it unparalleled manufacturing capacity and scale.
From providing protective mats to the ITV 1990’s hit show Gladiators, to supplying a fumigation chamber for cleaning the Mona Lisa and covering the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, Power Plastics has turned its hand to solving a myriad of problems. Here is a brief timeline of how a small water tank liner manufacturer in the South East of England has morphed into one of the country’s largest fabricated cover engineering business, located across the North East of England.
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