VEKA Group extrudes lengths of profile (UPVC), in a range of different colours, this is then sent to our fabricators who make the lengths of profile into a window, door or conservatory and finally then sent to an installer who fits them in your home.

VEKA Group have more than 35 manufacturing and sales sites across the globe, including facilities across Europe, Asia, America and Russia.

Since the company was founded in 1969 in Germany, VEKA Group (or VekaPlast as it was originally known) has grown quickly into one of the world's largest manufacturers of UPVC profile for windows and doors.

The company expanded into the UK in 1986 with the development of our manufacturing facility in Burnley.  Over time this has grown substantially and become a major centre for the business with multiple extrusion lines in operation (these are the manufacturing systems which produce the components that are combined into frames and profile.

At the Burnley site in the UK VEKA Group employ around 400 people, globally VEKA Group employ over 5,000.

We have 3 old to new uPVC recycling plants in France, Germany and the UK. Visit our VEKA Recycling sister company's website for more information.

Older UPVC window frames and doors are highly recyclable.  The first step in the process is to remove all of the metal and glass fittings from the frame.  Once this has been done, the UPVC components are shredded into small beads of plastic.  Once processed, these beads can then be mixed into new UPVC and used in the manufacture of new windows and doors.

The UPVC can be re-used many times - this saves a great deal of energy and reduces the amount of waste that needs to be sent to landfill making UPVC windows a sustainable product that not only helps to improve your home's energy efficiency, but also requires less energy to manufacture in the first place.  

VEKA Group was founded in Germany in 1968 as 'VekaPlast' and has been operating for more than fifty years.

The company began in Sendenhorst in Westphalia with 8 employees producing roller shutters and building profiles, but in 1969, under the direction of Heinrich Laumann, began manufacturing UPVC Windows.

VekaPlast grew in size throughout the 1970s and in 1981 opened a substantial new plant which was the most modern mixing plant for UPVC in Europe.

The company began to expand outside Germany in 1983 with a plant in Spain, and the UK operations began in 1986.

in 1991, the company name was changed from VekaPlast to VEKA, and continued to expand around the world with acqusitions of multiple strategic brands.

Although VEKA Group was established in Burnley, Lancashire in 1986, our parent company - VEKA Group has been in existence for more than 50 years.  

Originally founded in 1968 in the Westphalia city of Sendenhorst in Germany as VekaPlast, we have been manufacturing UPVC products for more than 50 years.

Under the direction of Heinrich Laumann, VekaPlast began manufacturing UPVC window profiles in 1969, and grew quickly with the development of new manufacturing facilities.

The international expansion of the company  led to the UK operation beginning in 1986, before the business was renamed to VEKA Group in 1991.

VEKA Group offers 3 uPVC systems - VEKA, Halo & Imagine. These are sold by Independent Network members across the UK in the form of UPVC windows, doors, conservatories and extensions. 

VEKA Group is the number 1 systems company in the UK, The Burnley site boasts 34 extrusion lines and developed the first UPVC window system awarded an 'A' rating under the new energy rating system.