A WINSFORD-BASED firm is celebrating 20 years in business with a milestone customer saving figure.

Across its 20 years of trading UK Container Maintenance (UKCM), the country’s largest family-owned container repair and refurbishment company, has saved its customers a massive £250 million with the repair and refurbishment of a notable 1.5 million waste & recycling containers.

This news follows a series of major developments made for the company in 2018, including the move to a state-of-the art 80,000 square foot factory in Road One, Winsford.

The new facility houses a full refurbishment plant including wash, shot blast, spray, fabrication and repair and modification booths, as well as an impressive container testing facility, plus additional space to increase capacity and develop the business.

In its 20 years, UKCM has achieved high profile recognition, winning many industry and business awards.

In 2015, Emma who set up UKCM with her husband Julian Elston, received her MBE at Buckingham Palace for her ‘dedicated services to manufacturing’ in the New Year Honours List.

Emma Elston MBE, UKCM CEO, said: “We are a family business and are thrilled at the extent to which we have been able to provide such quantifiable benefits to our customers, many of whom have been with us from our early days in operation.”

Dedicated to the refurbishment of all types of waste and recycling containers, UKCM works across the country offering waste companies and local authorities mobile repairs, as well as factory-based services at its head office in Winsford.