Concreate admixture manufacturer Oscrete UK has reported on a successful trading year – its first as an independent business.

Figures show a significant sales growth within its Performance Additives Division, forecast to exceed the 2023 plan by 32 per cent.

The company has also reported strong results in its Concrete Admixtures Division alongside an industry-wide slow-down in the contract manufacturing sector.

Bradford-based Oscrete is one of the UK’s leading specialist construction chemical suppliers. It manufactures and supplies a range of high performance super-plasticising admixtures, waterproofing agents and efflorescence controllers for the precast and ready-mix concrete and the ready-to-use mortar industries.

In a move designed to boost the company’s construction supply, customer service and new product development, Oscrete announced its independence from sister company Christeyns in January 2022.

Director Scott Wilson said: “Our first year of independence has seen us invest in our lab space and capabilities, launch new products and recruit – expanding our customer service team with three new additions and bringing in new industry specialists to our national sales network.

“It’s been a year of immense change and dynamic markets for all businesses in the construction sector which has moved a lot faster than at the height of the pandemic.”