The last few years have seen significant barriers to the provision of the good service levels to which DAVANT aspire.

Raw material shortages; increased shipping costs; distribution cost increments, and political upheavals have all contributed to supply shortages and all industries have been affected.

DAVANT is no exception.

However, DAVANT is also a business which is ‘Built on Relationships’ and we are here to support the independent plumbers’ and builders’ merchant trade(s).

Therefore over the last 12 months, we have continued to make investments to repatriate the manufacturing of drainage fittings, to complement our existing UK based extrusions business.

You will be aware that we have been manufacturing PVC extrusions such as soil, underground and waste pipe for several years.

However, 2021 and 2022 have now seen in excess of £2m of investment into tooling and machinery for injection moulding fittings.

We have started slowly and have been supplying into the industry for the last year. Feedback from our customers has been extremely positive!

2023 is all about moving quickly and expanding our UK offering as soon as we can.

We call our UK manufactured range of fittings MONARCH 👑 and upon which we hold EN1329 (soil and waste) and EN1401 (underground).

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D.R. MERRICK

Group Managing Director