Manufacturing

About Plater
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More than just industrial chemicals

By building partnerships with our customers, Distribution helps them take advantage of our sourcing expertise, the latest chemical innovations and supply chain integration to provide tailored solutions.

Manufacturing
Specialist spray drying and R&D support

Working with research and development teams across Europe, our spray drying expertise provides wide-ranging solutions. Our Plater Production facilities support small pilot runs through to full-scale commercial operation.

Pharmaceutical
Controlled environment ensure purity to industry standards

State-of-the-art clean room facilities at our Pharmaceutical Division ensures the purity of reagents and ultra pure materials for use in electronic and BP & AR industries.

Horticultural
Next Generation biostimulants and micronutrients

Using a process that is both heat and chemical free. Plater Horticultural Division manufacture novel biostimulants and micronutrients for the agriculture and horticulture industries.

Plater Nitrates
Instrumental in the research & development of the European Sodium Nitrate market.

Utilising our expertise, we have provided technical assistance with product improvement which makes us the main UK distributor of:

• Sodium nitrate NaNO₃
• Potassium Nitrate KNO₃

Our Team
Our Team possess the values and skills that are essential to the service we provide to our customers.

Our people are the backbone of our business and offer a wealth of knowledge, advice and support to deliver what we promise when we promise.

Brand Values
As an established independent family owned company, we understand the industrial chemicals we supply and manufacture are an essential part of your businesses processes.

Our acclaimed industry reputation is built on our core brand values which sets us apart from the competition.

We understand industries and use our technical capability, advanced technology and established supply chain infrastructure to provide R&D and manufacturing solutions.

History
Plater Group's Glossop site has had a long and varied history.
The buildings were originally constructed in 1902, by the Urban Electricity Supply Company, to provide power for the new Glossop Tramways. The first tram ran in August 1903 and the last on 24th December 1927.

The plot has been developed over the last 90 years, however some of the original rails can be seen around the site. The engine sheds pictured are still standing and now form part of Plater Production' spray drying manufacturing facility.

Community
Over the years, Plater Group has promoted and sponsored many initiatives in support of local communities and charitable organisations, in Glossop and Staffordshire.

Local sporting clubs’ benefit from annual financial support, together with charities providing support to people living in neighbouring communities. The Plater Group team have taken part in several challenges raising funds for worthwhile charities.

Compliance
Responding to our customers’ needs and providing peace of mind.

Implementation of the required control systems enable us to meet all regulatory compliance and legislation, ensuring the chemicals and services we provide to you achieve consistent standards and exceed your expectations.
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Manufacturing is based in Glossop, North Derbyshire and supplies the R&D, manufacturing, spray drying, packaging and blending operations of the Plater Group.

We are Europe’s largest provider of specialist drying services to the chemical industry. With over 30 years of experience in spray drying and other drying techniques, we offer customers many options to their drying problems. These include spray drying, spray cooling, vacuum drying, calcining, liquid blending and powder blending.

We work with clients’ R&D teams across Europe and help them to advance their product development. Our flexible set up and approach means we are able to respond to our customers' needs by providing tailored solutions. We are able support both fast turnaround projects as well as longer-term development processes with our ability to take product development from the initial laboratory testing through a pilot plant phase and into commercial scale production.

Established in 1937, we have an extensive range of speciality tri-valent chromium compounds which we supply to industries worldwide. These are available in both liquid and powder form to suit a wide range of applications including catalyst manufacture, dye manufacture, oil drilling fluids, adhesive preparations, metal treatment and plating.

We also have wide range of speciality metal salts including sodium, potassium and calcium-based products. These are typically used in a wide range of industries such as food, animal feed production, pharmaceutical and general chemicals.

With almost 80 years of experience, we also manufacture a range of de-icers, acetates, formates, propionates, lactates and chrome chemicals.

Glossop Site Map

View our 8 acre interactive site map by simply clicking on the white bordered shapes on the map below to bring our Glossop site to life…come in, look around, get a feel for where we are and our capabilities.