# Forterra completes £3.2M investment at Claughton brickworks

Forterra completed a £3.2 million investment at its Claughton brickworks in Lancashire, installing a new dryer system and upgrading factory control systems, increasing capacity to over five million bricks per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-02-24
- Where: Claughton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Value: $4.50M (3.20M GBP)
- Starts operating: 24 Feb 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 5 million bricks per year
- Products: frost-resistant bricks
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Forterra](https://endata.com/companies/30280.md)

## Sources

- [thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk](https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16045781.property-housing-growth-boosts-claughton-brickworks/), 2018-02-24: "Forterra, a leading maker of concrete and clay building products, has just completed investment worth £3.2 million at the site - increasing capacity to more than five million bricks per year."

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