Leading container repair and refurbishment specialist UK Container Maintenance, part of the IEG EMEA group, is bolstering its operations with the addition of a 1.5-acre storage facility, enhancing the firm's capacity for the refurbishment of heavy steel containers.

The investment in the new facility, made by UKCM's parent company Impact Environmental Group (IEG), will free up valuable space at UKCM's main location for the repair and refurbishment of FELs (front-end loaders), RELs (rear-end loaders), skips, roll-on roll-off (RORO) containers, recycling banks and stillages. Significantly enhancing its factory output by almost 100%, the additional space will enable UKCM to refurbish over 100 heavy steel units per month.

The assets are refurbished at UKCM's 80,00sq ft factory in Winsford, Cheshire which houses wash, shot blast, spray, fabrication and repair and modification booths, plus a comprehensive container testing facility. This move will allow customers to benefit from an enhanced refurbishment turnaround time, with the highly-skilled team targeting less than 14 days from receiving the container to despatching it back to the client, once fully refurbished.

To back up this infrastructure investment, UKCM has employed additional welders, continuing its commitment to supporting the local economy.

Ben Connett, Director at UKCM, comments:

"This latest investment represents a notable development. In addition to improving our customer service offering, we are significantly enhancing our capability and capacity in the refurbishment of heavy steel containers with the freeing up of space at our main site to allow for these larger units. We have had very positive feedback already from customers across the board who can see the immediate benefits it will bring."

Pete Dickson, Commercial Director at IEG, adds:

"UKCM is the UK market leader for 4-wheel metal container refurbishment and this planned expansion is necessary for us to offer our first-class refurbishment services to our customers for their heavy steel containers too.

"We are very pleased to announce this landmark initiative, which reflects the group's environmental ethos. The move reaffirms IEG's commitment to investing in the future and sustainable waste management, thereby supporting the move towards a circular economy."

UKCM is dedicated to refurbishing all types of waste and recycling containers, and works across the country offering waste companies and local authorities mobile repairs, as well as factory-based services at its head office located, in Winsford, Cheshire.

The process brings old, and often unwanted, bins back to life instead of them going to scrap. Over the last 26 years, UKCM has saved its customers a massive £271 million with the repair & refurbishment of a notable 1.8 million waste and recycling containers.

UKCM is part of the Impact Environmental Group (IEG), a global environmental products and services business, providing a comprehensive suite of new and replacement products for waste and recycling containers, collection and compaction equipment, and waste transportation equipment. IEG EMEA's brands include Duraflex™, Taylor, Capital Compactors and Balers and UKCM.

For more information on UKCM, visit www.ukcontainers.co.uk