Ibstock Brick Ltd - Bricks, Blocks and Lintels
Address: Leicester Road, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6HS Tel: 01530 261999
Fax: 01530 261888
Company Profile
Ibstock takes its name from the original base in the village of Ibstock in Leicestershire, where the Company headquarters is still situated. Brickmaking has taken place on the site as far back as 1830. In 1899, the Company was registered as Ibstock Collieries Ltd. Its principal activity was coal mining as well as quarrying clay for the manufacture of bricks and pavers.
During the next 30 years, the trading emphasis changed from coal to manufacture of brick from its original Leicestershire base.
In 1963, following the acquisition of Himley Brick Company Ltd, near Wolverhampton, Ibstock shares were offered to the public for the first time. There then followed a major expansion programme in the UK designed to extend the products and services by the Company more widely throughout the country.
In 1970, The Ibstock Brick and Tile Company Ltd combined with Johnsen, Jorgensen & Wettre Ltd, whose business was the sale of wood pulp and newsprint in the UK and Western Europe, to form a new parent company, Ibstock Johnsen Ltd (which would become Ibstock plc). The increased resources of the new group were used to continue the programme of expansion of brick making facilities and services. During this time Ibstock Building Products Ltd was the first brick manufacturer to offer specialist brickwork design advice, through its Brickwork Design Centre in major cities and a national team of Design Advisors.
In 1990 Ibstock Building Products acquired two new companies; Hathernware Ltd and Ceba Ltd. Hathernware manufactured terracotta and architectural faience and Ceba manufacture architectural wet cast stone. Through continued expansion during the 1990s another three stone factories were added.
At the beginning of its Centennial year, 1999, Ibstock joined the CRH Group. The CRH Group has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, click here to go to their website.
In 1999, the stone factories were transferred to Forticrete, a sister company in CRH and the Ibstock Group was formed of Ibstock Brick Ltd and Forticrete Ltd.
In 2003, the Company changed to Ibstock – Innovators in Clay – reflecting the company’s changing emphasis on business excellence through innovation and another chapter in Ibstock’s history started.
Ibstock Ltd now has 24 brick and paver plants with a total annual capacity in excess of 900 million bricks. The Company employs a total of 1960 people across the UK and has the backing of one of the world’s largest building materials companies.
As market leader in the UK, Ibstock is well-placed in the market and continuous investment in manufacturing equipment and people will ensure that it will prosper for many years to come.
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Editors Choice External Envelope Health Care Insulation and Energy Conservation
Patio area of primary school
A patio area of a primary school in the South Downs has been created with the application of Ibstock Brick Laybrook Red Multi Pavers.
The bricks are made less than 11 miles away from the school, keeping down delivery times for the area, and complement the red tilehung schoolhouse. 
This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.Complementing the aesthetic
Complementing the aesthetic of the building, Ibstock's Laybrook Petworth Multi bricks in standard and special shape have been applied to a care home in Bromley, Kent.
The brick and stone finishes create a traditional aesthetic as well as blending with the surrounding houses. Several brick layouts were developed by the architects in order to minimise the brick cutting on site. This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.Trusting in clay and brick
As well as achieving sustainability, the National Trust's new headquarters is sympathetic to Brunel's original engineering workshops - where the offices are based - by utilising products from Ibstock's Blue Fireborn Clay Blocks and Staffordshire Slate Blue Brindle Rustic brick ranges.
The choice of brick colours matches the polychromatic appearance of the adjacent Victorian buildings. The Blue Brindle had been discontinued but the company made them by special request. Blue pigmented lime mortar was used to minimise cement usage and facilitate recycling. They were utilised on the north-west and north-east elevations in a stack bond, including on the brick-work cantilevers used as shading fins. The Fireborn Blocks were installed in landscaping around the buildings.This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.Road to yellow bricks
Combining private apartments with offices, a restaurant and basement parking, a development in Battersea has specified Ibstock's Laybrook Sevenoaks Yellow Multi to resemble London yellow stock bricks and Natural Red Fireborn clay blocks.
The plan comprises two three storey blocks at either end, housing the commercial units. At the roofline, the floors recede to create balconies surmounted by a pitched, oversailing roof that replicates a ship's superstructure.
The company also provided dogleg corner bricks and Fireborn blocks. The latter was an economical substitute for rainscreen cladding, as it could be laid quickly. This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.Contemporary contrast
Manchester Red and Westbrick Pinbrook Multi bricks from Ibstock have been used in the redevelopment of a South London housing estate, the Elmington Estate in Camberwell. The brick was selected because of its durability, low maintenance requirements and decorative possibilities. This includes stack bonded panels and green glazed brick coursing to contrast with the timber cladding panels.This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.Warehouse Recreation
Two large, linked waterside buildings, the Long House and Court House on the docklands close to Amsterdam have been constructed using some 60,000 bricks from Ibstock Brick. The eight storey blocks feature Parkhouse red multi and Parkhouse Sandringham multi bricks. The development occupies over 200m of waterfront and includes large, brick enclosed window openings in a recreation of 19th century warehouse design. It provides living accommodation above retail and leisure facilities, and is part of a long term scheme of regeneration on this part of the docklands.This product appeared in Building Products more than 12 months ago. Please contact Ibstock Brick Ltd directly for further details.
