News: Enviro Thaw reports big increase in turnover
Rotherham-based Enviro Thaw, a major supplier of granular de-icer, has reported a massive 700% increase in turnover since launching in 2010.
The company holds the European distribution rights for the environmentally friendly product that is commonly used to combat the effects of snow and ice throughout China and Asia. Enviro Thaw was established to expand the Beijing Santywell product line into Europe and provides de-icers that are effective to -55°C.
The rapidly-growing company moved to the Northfield Industrial Estate last year and has also secured rights to manufacture the product in the UK.
The granular de-icer is 90 per cent less corrosive than other road de-icing products on the market and is non-toxic to vegetation.
Karrina Oldale, sales director at Enviro Thaw, said: "Although the weather was against us we managed to increase our turnover by 700%. We already have last year's turnover in orders waiting to go out in September."
Through hard work and good contacts made through the family's paving company, the number of stockists has grown to include national garden centres and builder's trade centres and over 200 independent garden centres throughout the UK.
Rotherham council's Streetpride service has also been trialling the distinctive blue de-icer. Being less corrosive than rock salt, using Enviro Thaw's products causes less damage to the road surface and less pot holes.
Karrina added: "We have new customers in Europe this season, with trials at five International airports. We also have ski resorts, retail outlets, maintenance companies, car parks and town centres.
"In September, we are also launching three new products at Glee [a trade show for garden retailers], with others in the development stages."
Enviro Thaw website
Images: envirothaw.co.uk
The company holds the European distribution rights for the environmentally friendly product that is commonly used to combat the effects of snow and ice throughout China and Asia. Enviro Thaw was established to expand the Beijing Santywell product line into Europe and provides de-icers that are effective to -55°C.
The rapidly-growing company moved to the Northfield Industrial Estate last year and has also secured rights to manufacture the product in the UK.
The granular de-icer is 90 per cent less corrosive than other road de-icing products on the market and is non-toxic to vegetation.
Karrina Oldale, sales director at Enviro Thaw, said: "Although the weather was against us we managed to increase our turnover by 700%. We already have last year's turnover in orders waiting to go out in September."
Through hard work and good contacts made through the family's paving company, the number of stockists has grown to include national garden centres and builder's trade centres and over 200 independent garden centres throughout the UK.
Rotherham council's Streetpride service has also been trialling the distinctive blue de-icer. Being less corrosive than rock salt, using Enviro Thaw's products causes less damage to the road surface and less pot holes.
Karrina added: "We have new customers in Europe this season, with trials at five International airports. We also have ski resorts, retail outlets, maintenance companies, car parks and town centres.
"In September, we are also launching three new products at Glee [a trade show for garden retailers], with others in the development stages."
Enviro Thaw website
Images: envirothaw.co.uk
40 comments:
Good for you company
Greedy dragons taught a lesson
'Granular' is spelled - exactly like that!! Not 'granuler'...
great product! Like everything else in the UK you need to drag them away from what they know works to something thats better! Other countrys love new technology and products! rock salt should have been banned in the dark ages!!!
Bet they are sick!!!!!
Fantastic product. Well done Karina. The Dragons missed out big time !!!
Good on ya Karina - bet ya REALLY glad you turned down Theo's offer and I bet he's wishing now he negotiated on the deal. Hope your business goes from strength to strength.
Keep on doing what you obviously do best.
Fugly
Best of luck Karina,hope all your hard work pays off :-)
Karina,like you i believe you have a fantastic product,Im sure this will sell.
Amazing I bet the dragons are sick to their stomach! Good for you and your family!
Excellent product and benefits. well done and good luck.
Good luck with this amazing product, I was amazed that the Dragons didn't bite your hand off.
good stupid reporting. a 700% increase in revenues. great. let me start a business. sell 1p worth of stuff y1, and then in y2 i will sell 7£. yay 700%. come on now.
Great product - Being a Canadian i'm interested in the North American rights - If available - please contact - David
Just viewed that episode in Australia so happy you are successful
Sorry to be late to this discussion but I would like to comment on Anonymous's contribution on 24 January 2013.
A 100% increase means that your sales go from 100% of year one sales to 200% of that figure ie you double your sales.
A 200% increase would be from 100% to 300% ie treble your sales.
A 700% increase is from 100% to 800% ie sales up by a factor of 8, or from 1p to 8p.
1p to £7.00? Now that is an increase from 100% to 70,000%! An increase of over 69,000%! I don't think anyone is claiming that.
If you are going to rubbish the reporting you should at least get the arithmetic right.
I'm working my way through old episodes of Dragon's Den. When I saw this lady being given zero investment from the Dragons I thought to myself that they were making a huge huge mistake. This led me to Google the product and see what had become of this lady and her family business. I hope the Dragons did indeed 'watch this space', good for you and glad to hear of your success. You should send the Dragons a bucket each this winter!
Well done for sticking to your guns lady. Looks as though you proved the Dragons all wrong! May your conpany keep growing. I did have a thought about whether or not you were selling your product in Canada by any chance. A sure Country to be iced out.
Best of luck
Greedy dragons? What a stupid comment. Their money, their decision in what they wish to invest their money.
I'm convinced she didn't need there help going by the potential turnover over a 5 year period, I think she used her head and went on to use it for free advertising. Well done.
To the people commenting well done in the past 6 years, this article is 9 years old. Karrinas distribution company went bankrupt years ago. In fact, if you check companies house you will see she started a string of companies apparently doing the same thing, the last of them dissolved in 2015. None of them lasted long enough to post any real accounts. Maybe the dragons weren’t so foolish after all.
Just watched dragons den and want to say what a lovely lady karrinas is and the dragons gave her a hard time trying to make out she was mad and stupit to continue but she's proved them so wrong. Well done to her and her family.
Theo dodged the bullet there. He's right, there was only one that was barking mad and it wasn't him. Always sad to see a family business go down the pan especially with all the money they put in
Person who says strong of companies dissolved, not entirely true. Check https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/2XrIa58EJmlmmGzxSMch5dNdqtA/appointments
At least a couple of companies still active (although Karina has resigned now) as of writing this in Nov 2021.
I have just watch the dragon den clip of the enviro thaw .
Did Karina make a hugh success of the business or did it all fail .
As looked like great product.
If you Google there company it tells you 700 % sales jump .
I hope they did well at this people deserve a break .
Good luck Karina
Just watched the dragon den clip, and now I'm interested in buying shares if that's possible, that product has to take off
With help from a dragon she might have succeeded and they both would have gained from it.
'Fewer' potholes, not 'less' potholes. Example: Less sand, fewer grains of sand.
That's 70,000% Einstein. 700% would be 7p
Spelt is spelt exactly like that not spelled 😂
In America, 'spelt' is not used. Spelled is the correct spelling of the infinitive, 'to spell' in the past tense.
most states also pronounce it as such, with a soft D rather than a T
Such a shame that this company didn't succeed!
Hasn't submitted a return since 2015
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08443090
They were very kind to her. They did not say she was stupid to continue. They said she was optimistic. She spent roughly £200k on product she said would sell at £600k . She also said her product was twice as expensive. If she sold at £300k she would still have made a profit.(figures are approx from memory).
Company has gone out of business so the Dragons were right.
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Did you not see the paperwork that the company dissolved completely in 2014?
Yeah so great company after company dissolved! Joke product, joke company
I don’t think anyone in America can talk about any spelling in any language! Look at some of the words you have butchered. Cilantro, egg plant haha. Zucchini lol Do me a favour
the company has gone bust
Company now dissolved - greedy dragons wouldn’t of dissolved it!😂
Just watched an old show OMG I am absolutely delighted well done Karina you and family so deserve the success fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏
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