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“ Today , we ’ re still a family business ,” Howard continues , “ which is what gives us such agility and speed to market . I bought my parents ’ shares almost 16 years ago now , and as we ’ re not part of a big group , I ’ m able to make swift decisions with our senior leadership team . If we feel we ’ ve got an opportunity at hand , or a suggestion from one of our salespeople or customers , we ’ ll thrash it out and come to a decision almost instantly .”
The company moved into its current manufacturing facility in July 2022 , shortly after we last spoke . Howard cites the initially difficult transition as being an enormously beneficial decision overall . “ We certainly had some huge challenges in the beginning , to the point where we were about 100 percent behind month-on-month . However , by September , the teething problems began to clear , and from that point onwards , up until the end of our financial year in May , we ’ ve had record month after record month .
“ We ’ re 28 percent up in terms of turnover and our manufacturing volumes . All in all , it ’ s been an absolute dream move for us , as it ’ s allowed for a crucial stage of growth that we were more than ready for . We hit absolute capacity while at our last site , whereas here , we ’ re currently sitting at around £ 50 million in turnover , and have the potential to expand up to £ 125 million . We ’ re hugely excited to continue innovating our best-in-class products , to give our customers what they want .”
Following this , Astonish has recently invested in a new € 900,000 filling line , which will be installed before the end of the year . The line will play a crucial role in the launch of a new product early in the new year and have an end-to-end budget of around £ 1.5 million .
Proud suppliers of Caps , Closures & Dispensers to Astonish .
‘ Wishing you continued growth and success from everyone at Tirrit UK Ltd ’
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