Acell Foam was invented in the 1980's and was first used in the construction of composite duct work at Heathrow airport. The completed brief delivered a high level of fire resistance that would not spread flame across its’ surface, or emit toxic fumes or dense black smoke in the event of a fire.  The first and to date only volume production plant for the manufacture of Mineral Filled Phenolic Foam was built in Milan during the mid-1980's in association with BP Chemicals.  BP Chemicals returned to their core businesses in the early 1990’s, their interest in Acell was purchased and the current Acell Group formed.

The Acell Group has developed process technologies that allow a wide range of materials to be bonded to the surface of its foam to create composite building products with exceptional performance properties.  Acell has also developed manufacturing systems to enable high volume production of these composite products which give specification, cost and control advantages over traditional materials and processes they replace.

By combining different materials and using Acell's proprietary moulding technology and unique manufacturing processes, it is possible to produce high performance composite products in a single operation, eliminating the multi-step process usually associated with the manufacture of composite building products.    Acell’s technology produces a composite with a unique monolithic construction that can be specified to provide exceptional levels of thermal and sound insulation, fire resistance and structural strength.  A wide range of surface finishes can be produced with potential uses both externally and internally.  The wide range of surface finishes that can be achieved vary from smooth plaster, marble, wood grain, slate or stone.

The Acell Group has a number of composite building products which it intends to bring to market via licensing or joint venture arrangements. Acell will provide the enabling technology, industrialised manufacturing systems and its’ component foam to their licensees and partners.

Acell’s   own product range of composite doors has now established itself as the product of choice in the UK entrance door market with over 100,000 doors having already been installed.  The current range of entrance doors includes thermo-plastic and thermo-set resin (GRP) faced doors. Acell firmly believes that its thermo-set resin door range sets the benchmark in terms of production, quality and finish and will be the market leading door in the UK, European and US markets within the next 5 years.

Acell is committed to enhancing its position as a world leader in composite building materials technology via an extensive program of research and development and continued development of its network of licensees and joint venture partners.