Centriforce targets £30m sales as data centre demand grows
Author: Joe Peck
Liverpool-based recycled plastics manufacturer Centriforce Products says it expects sales to exceed £30 million in 2026, up from £28 million in 2025, as investment in data centres, power networks, and renewable energy drives demand for infrastructure protection products.
The company reportedly processes more than 20,000 tonnes of discarded plastic annually into products including its Stokbord cable protection boards. It manufactures more than nine million metres of recycled products each year and is expanding its European presence into eight markets: Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, the Baltic states, and the Balkans.
The expansion comes as investment in data centres and energy infrastructure increases demand for underground cable protection. Centriforce says UK specifications typically require protection boards around 10mm thick, compared with products of 2mm or less still used in some European markets.
The company argues that higher protection standards are needed as power networks expand and the consequences of cable damage become more significant.
Centriforce has supplied its Stokbord product in roll-out format for more than 10 years, protecting cable routes connecting offshore wind farms to onshore substations. Its Protrack heavy-duty mats provide temporary and permanent access routes across construction sites and sensitive ground, and its customers and project partners have included Ørsted, Iberdrola, NKT, Nexans, Balfour Beatty, and VolkerInfrastructure.
European expansion targets infrastructure markets
Eleanor Young, Commercial Director at Centriforce, notes, “Europe is building infrastructure at a pace not seen since post-war reconstruction. Every metre of cable in the ground and every access route across sensitive habitat now has to be sustainable in both senses of the word: long-lasting and low-carbon. That’s what we’ve been doing for 50 years.”
The company explains that it has manufactured products from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic since 1976. It also holds ISO 14001 accreditation, achieved in 2014, and publishes an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report.
The European expansion forms part of Centriforce’s ‘Force of 50’ international growth programme, launched to mark its 50th anniversary, and the company is currently recruiting distribution partners in its target markets.
