2021.2
29/07/2021
Further efforts in reducing carbon emissions progress with 100% of production machinery, including fork trucks, loading shovels, shunters, dumpers, cherry pickers and prestressed concrete manufacturing machines, transitioning from the use of regular diesel to HVO – a hydro-treated vegetable oil biofuel that boasts CO2 reductions of up to 90%.
Read more2021
25/03/2021
Andy Mayne steps down as Managing Director and retires from the industry. David McCormick, Sales & Marketing Director, steps in as interim Managing Director.
Read more2017
01/10/2017
Continual investment in renewable energy technology progressed with the introduction of electric charging points for both employees and visitors vehicles.
Read more2016
01/01/2016
Investment in renewable energy technology in the form of a wood pellet fuelled biomass boiler began, supplying closed system hot water to our concrete moulds to accelerate the curing process. Wood pellet fuel is “carbon neutral” and greatly reduces process carbon emissions.
Read more2013
01/01/2013
Andy Mayne takes over as Managing Director.
Read more2012
01/01/2012
Milbank begins to manufacture spiral stairs – the Kallisto Stairs brand is born.
Read more2011
01/01/2011
Precast concrete composting vessels and maturation tunnels were developed and delivered. A joint venture with a German company – Bock (UK) Ltd was established to sell silage clamp solutions to the Anaerobic Digestion sector.
Read more2008
01/01/2008
Sean Milbank joined the company as MD and led the restructuring of the business as a result of the economic downturn. The business rebased itself at Earls Colne. The business was renamed Milbank Concrete Products Limited.
Read more2005
01/01/2005
3 factories were built to produce hollowcore and specialist precast concrete products. Milbank Trucks had grown to a fleet of over 100 lorries.
Read more2003
01/01/2003
A Belgian brick faced wall system was launched and the first project completed.
Read more2001
01/01/2001
Milbank Roofs Ltd was established importing structural insulated roof systems for the properties with room in the roof construction.
Read more2000
01/01/2000
A new 40 acre site was purchased in Brandon, Norfolk to meet the increased demand required for house building.
Read more1999
01/01/1999
Planning Application submitted to erect a new factory on a nearby site at Earls Colne. The application was called in by the Secretary of State for a public inquiry and we withdrew our planning application.
Read more1994
01/01/1994
Planning permission granted for a new factory so the production of precast stairs and other products could be made in a controlled environment. The start of manufacture of Montex car park deck slabs used in steel framed car park construction.
Read more1991
01/01/1991
Building works to the factory building and concrete batching plant undertaken to accommodate hollowcore production with 100m long beds. Hollowcore production commenced.
Read more1989
01/01/1989
Outline planning permission obtained for a hollowcore factory on the second piece of land but after further research it was concluded that the production capacity of the existing building could be modified to incorporate hollowcore production without the lead time and cost implications of a new factory.
Read more1987
01/01/1987
A further three acres at Earls Colne was acquired adjacent to the existing site.
Read more1986
01/01/1986
Milbank Trucks Limited was formed to service the transport needs of Milbank Floors and to expand into a self-offload transport business.
Read more1985
01/01/1985
The site at Howe Street was sold for a housing development and the company moved the whole operation to Earls Colne. A second self-offload lorry was purchased.
Read more1984
01/01/1984
A new three acre site was found on a disused airfield at Earls Colne.
Read more1983
01/01/1983
The first self-offload lorry with a rear mounted crane was purchased to make the installation of precast house floors to single plots more cost effective and to service the increasing proportion of supply only orders.
Read more1980
01/01/1980
Milbank Floors commenced production of a new type of floor construction for the housing market, comprising 150mm concrete beams with standard building blocks spanning between them. These ‘beam and block’ house floors soon became accepted within the building industry.
Read more1978
01/01/1978
Jeremy Milbank a qualified engineer and John’s younger brother, joins the team. Milbank start to manufacture precast concrete stairs.
Read more1964
01/01/1964
Following Geoffrey’s death, John Milbank, aged 20, took over the running of the company.
Read more1952
01/01/1952
High tensile wire became available and the manufacture of prestressed concrete floor units commenced. Inverted channel beams and concrete beam and clay pot floors being the initial products. In the following 10 years concrete framed buildings were added to the product range and many agricultural buildings were erected. A double decker bus was purchased and converted in to living accommodation for the fixing gang when they worked away from home. Milbank presses were developed to crush concrete test cubes. These were sold all over the world.
Read more1947
01/01/1947
Geoffrey Milbank patented his design for precast concrete reinforced beams and established Milbank Floors Limited.
Read more1930
01/01/1930
Geoffrey Milbank developed the Milbank Air Raid Shelter and along with pill boxes many were built during the Second World War.
Read more1820
01/01/1920
G Milbank & Son was founded at Howe Street near Chelmsford as builders, joiners and undertakers.
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