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After joining Parkinson-Spencer Refractories in 2020, Damian Martin has progressed in various positions across the business. Most recently he accepted a new…

From the supply of fireclay for glasshouse pot making and fireclay bricks for the labour  intensive, craft based glass industry of the…

With over 20 years of success, PSR’s Cord Dispersal System remains the solution of choice to the common problem of “cat scratch”…

Parkinson-Spencer Refractories has served the glass industry for over two hundred years and during this time we have seen dramatic transformations within…

Towards the end of 2022, Nick McCarthy joined the PSR business as Head of Manufacturing, following the retirement of long-serving PSR employee,…

At Glasstec 2022, we reported on the introduction of two innovative new materials from PSR’s Research and Development department, PSR-930 and PSR-925. …

Last week, groups of PSR employees were taken over to St Helens to visit the Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence for…

After 40 years of loyal service at Parkinson-Spencer Refractories, Mick Bairstow has retired. Mick Bairstow joined Parkinson-Spencer Refractories in January 1983 in his…

Our Technical Manager, Dr Jafar Daji, and Parkinson Spencer Refractories were delighted to be presented with two industry awards at the British…

Over this past couple of weeks, PSR has been unveiling the work they have been investing into identifying and better communicating the…

PSR’s Cord Dispersal System remains the only guaranteed and proven solution to the common problem of cat scratch cord. Come and find out…

Based on feedback from customers over the past seven years, PSR is confident that a single-piece spout bowl in PSR-925 can achieve…

Mental Health Awareness Week feels like a good time to share how PSR is ensuring the business is in the best possible…

The PSR System 500 Forehearth continues to lead the way, with its latest design features making it the most efficient solution for…

2022 has been a busy year here at Parkinson Spencer Refractories. Here PSR reviews some key projects and events from the past…

In an exclusive supplement produced with Glass International in the run-up to Glasstec, Les Gaskell, Technical Director, explained PSR’s successful policy of recruiting…

After a four year break, the team at PSR was delighted to meet with valued clients, partners and friends at the Glasstec…

Jafar Daji, Technical Manager at Parkinson-Spencer Refractories, discusses a project to reduce energy consumption in the refractory manufacturing process. This was featured…

In an exclusive supplement produced with Glass International in the run-up to Glasstec, Alex Packer, Sales Engineer at Parkinson-Spencer Refractories, highlighted PSR’s…

As part of the energy intensive ceramics and glass industries, Parkinson Spencer Refractories is fully committed to operating an environmentally ethical and…

This year is a big year for the glass industry; an industry which Parkinson-Spencer Refractories has played a key role for over…

PSR has become a signatory to the ‘British Ceramics: Towards Net Zero’ initiative. This was recently launched by the British Ceramics Confederation…

To mark our centenary year of becoming a limited company, Parkinson-Spencer Refractories opened up its archives to Glass Worldwide who published an…

Surface grinding of large refractory shapes is an essential feature of our business and to improve our machining capabilities PSR has recently…

Over the last few years PSR have worked closely with the School of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Leeds…

Joanne and Simon are honoured to be featured in the 2020 Industry & Production edition of Parliamentary Review. Please click here for…