Expanded Polystyrene Supplies

Paul Japes joined Colin and Brian and first job was converting and extending a ford transit into a ply and hardboard Luton box van to deliver the longer panels. They acquired an old two storey bakery in Marshal Lane, Newhaven, as their evenings and weekends jobs turned into 3 day weeks. To speed up the process they upgraded the hot wire machine making it double the size and using a variable transformer from an old minesweeper ship that was being broken up. The transformer had a large metal wheel on the front and when turned determined the amount of heat going through the wires. The introduction of three other machines meant they could produce polystyrene to any size or shape they wanted.