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Moulded Foams

Manufacturer of moulded foam products

Company overview

Moulded Foams is the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of moulded foam products.

The business produces a range of 98 per cent air products which protect food, goods and insulate buildings, and operates from bases at Cumbernauld near Glasgow, Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Blackwood in South Wales, and Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire.

Company information

Head office
  • Cumbernauld
Managing Director
  • John Thornberry
Chair
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Investment date
  • Jan 2019

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