A UK plastics manufacturer has collapsed into administration after more than 30 years in business. Stockport-based Floreeda Fabrications Limited appointed administrators on March 24, according to public records on The Gazette published today.
Milner Boardman & Partners will act for the bespoke acrylic manufacturers, which had supplied products for retail displays, museums and events for 36 years, having been founded in April 1990. According to filings on Companies House, the average number of people employed by the company has decreased in recent years, going from 18 in the year to April 2024, to 10 in the year to 2025.
Floreeda manufactured anything from one-off panels to thousands of display units, which were distributed across Europe, using processes such as laser cutting and etching, and digital printing, according to its website.
But this usually happens when a business is insolvent or under severe financial pressure, with the hopes that administrators can rescue the business, restructure it, or achieve a better return for creditors than immediate liquidation.
The Express has contacted administrators for comment.
It is far from the only British manufacturing company to have entered rescue talks in recent months. A number of similar businesses have entered liquidation or administration this year, blaming factors such as higher material prices and high energy costs, which make trading challenging.
Birmingham-based furniture manufacturer, Sofa Point UK Ltd, fell into liquidation on March 19, 2026, according to filings in the London Gazette yesterday.
According to Companies House, the company had been incorporated in July 2021, less than five years ago.
Earlier this month, another UK manufacturing company, Phoenix Naylors Abrasives LTD, located in Chesterfield Trading Estate in Derbyshire, plunged into administration. It had been in business for decades, having first begun operations in 1968.
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