Padeswood - the story

The cement works at Padeswood was opened in 1949 and since then it has made a tremendous contribution to the economy of North-east Wales.

• Official estimates show that the company makes a contribution of £9 million a year to the local economy, with a direct spend of more than £3.5 million a year.

• Padeswood is one of only 20 manufacturing businesses in Flintshire which employ more than 200 people.

• Castle Cement is one of the biggest cement producers in the UK - with the new kiln, Padeswood would provide almost 25% of its production capacity.

• Cement from Padeswood has been used at some of Wales’s most important construction projects - from the ‘Electric Mountain’ of Dinorwic Power Station, to the North Wales Expressway and now the dualling of the A5 across Anglesey.

Castle batting for local community
Castle Cement is helping develop cricketing talent amongst youngsters in north-east Wales.

How the landfill fund works
Companies like Castle can redirect some of their landfill tax into a fund which helps local organisations and good causes.

Going swimmingly ...
Castle have helped local children make a splash in France.
The Padeswood works helped sponsor Buckley Swimming Club’s visit to Paris, to train in an Olympic-size pool.

Castle Cement made an important contribution to one of the summer’s most successful events - the National Eisteddfod at Denbigh.

Changing corridors - Castle style
There were lots of “oohs” and “aaahs” when the children of Ysgol y Delyn Special School in Mold, came back to school after one weekend.

Millennium memorials for villages
The latest example of community action by Castle Cement’s Padeswood works.

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