Blending Capabilities UK

Within the UK, Multisol has bulk storage facilities for 3,000,000 litres of solvents – 2,000,000 litres at our Irlam site and an additional 1,000,000 litres of ship-fed storage at Immingham. 

In addition, the Irlam, Greater Manchester site site can handle a further 450,000 litres of viscous materials.

Extensive investment has been put into the UK Operations over the past few years to provide cutting edge facilities for specialised blending and toll manufacture.

Blending capacity

The Manchester site can blend between 300 litres and 40,000 litres using a variety of vessels and tanks.

Bulk storage tank capacity ranges between 45,000 litres down to 2,500 litre tanks by utilising 37 fixed bulk tanks.

Blending facilities

The contract packing plant contains all of the following vessels with ATEX agitator systems:

• 4,000 litre mild steel
• 2,400 litre mild steel
• 10,000 litre stainless steel
• 2 x 12,000 litre stainless steel
• 3,500 litre open vessel with high shear mixer

We can also blend in IBC's using an ATEX pump system.

Filling and Packing

All manufacturing vessels are linked to automatic filling equipment, so we are able to pack virtually any size of container.  All are minimum of semi-automatic, and Zone 1 Approved:

• 1,000 litre IBC filling machine
• 25 litre Panto filling machine
• 4-Head filling machine for 1 to 5 litre containers
• Twin Head Karmelle machines for 1 to 5 litre containers
• 205 litre semi-automatic filling line

In addition to this, we also have a range of tested and calibrated pump / mechanical meters which will allow us to fill containers as required to maintain our flexibility during long production runs.

In-house quality testing

Irlam’s on-site laboratory assures product quality during all manufacturing and blending processes.

Pleas contact us for further information, or to discuss opportunities.