Victrex is to invest £90m in the development of a new PEEK polyaryletherketone production plant at its Hillhouse site in Lancashire by 2015. [04-Oct-2012]
Victrex is to build a new £6.5m office and laboratory at the headquarters of its polymers business in Thornton Cleveleys by July 2012. [15-Aug-2011]
Victrex is to invest £75m in the expansion of its thermoplastics business over the next three years, including a new £29m factory at its Thornton Cleveleys site in Lancashire. [07-Dec-2005]
Victrex has acquired an oxidation plant at Seal Sands in the north-east from Degussa for £16m, in order to secure the supply of the BDF raw material for the production of its Peek polymer. [04-Apr-2005]
Victrex is planning to expand its UK production capacity for high-performance plastic materials by 1,000 tonnes a year. [08-Dec-2004]
Victrex is considering plans to set up a new speciality plastics plant in China, and plans for a new UK plant would be dropped. [09-Jun-2004]
Victrex is planning to spend £20m increasing its production capacity of speciality plastics over the next 30 months. [13-Jun-2001]
Victrex is forming a fuel cells joint venture with Ballard of Canada to research new manufacturing processes for ionomers, which could lead to the £17m development of two pilot factories. [23-Jan-2001]
Victrex is planning to increase the capacity at its UK thermoplastics plant to 2,000 tonnes a year, and also wants to build a further plant. [10-Dec-1997]
Victrex, the thermoplastics producer, is forming a joint venture with Mitsui Toatsu Chemical to streamline its sales and development in Japan. [08-Oct-1997]
Victrex, the speciality chemicals concern, expects to raise about £52m from its forthcoming flotation. [08-Dec-1995]
Victrex, the speciality chemicals concern, plans to raise about £12m from a share issue. [01-Dec-1995]
Victrex, the maker of high temperature plastics, is planning a stock market flotation to invest in plant and staff. [06-Nov-1995]