Seizing a window of opportunity

Established in 2004 by three ambitious individuals at the time involved in supplying windows and building plastics to the trade, Britplas Commercial has doubled its turnover year-on-year over the past three years, largely thanks to the success of its patented anti-ligature window, the Safevent, which it initially designed specifically for the Mersey Care NHS Trust's new multi-million pound low secure mental health unit at Liverpool's Rathbone Hospital. In the past five years, Britplas has installed over 15,000 Safevents UK-wide, completing over 250 installations, and even supplying a number of orders to Australia. To meet the growing demand and enable it to further enhance and expand its product range, the company recently moved into a well-equipped 42,000 ft2 office and factory building in Warrington well over twice the size of its former premises, as HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie reports.