Plastic Extruders Ltd

Britain was in the grip of the coldest winter on record, so cold that it started snowing on Boxing Day and didn't let up til March (even the seas froze over). Back then, we had just two employees – Derry O’Sullivan & Peter Lee – and a second hand extrusion machine with a mind of its own. Derry and Peter were colleagues at an existing extrusion company, and when Derry told Peter he was leaving to set up his own company, Peter said he was planning to do the same, so they agreed to do it together.