- CEO
- James Mathew Routh
- Full Time Employees
- 1,131
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Address
- Victrex Technology Centre Thornton-Cleveleys United Kingdom FY5 4QD
- IPO Date
- Feb 15, 2013
- Business
- Victrex plc manufactures and sells high-performance PEEK and PAEK-based polymer solutions, semi-finished and finished parts including pipes, films, fibres, composite tapes and thermoplastic components; offers specialist solutions for medical device manufacturers such as PEEK-OPTIMA for spine, arthroscopy, cranio-maxillofacial, trauma plates, knee implants and drug delivery applications; and provides VICTREX polymers like 450G PEEK, AE 250 for aerospace composites, XPI grades for e-mobility wire coatings and APTIV acoustic films for electronics. The company operates through Sustainable Solutions (encompassing aerospace, automotive, energy & industrial, electronics) and Medical segments, serving customers in automotive, aerospace, energy, electronics, industrial manufacturing & engineering and medical markets across more than 40 countries with facilities in the UK, Europe, North America, China, Japan and other Asian locations. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, UK, Victrex focuses on six core markets aligned to global megatrends including climate change and technology breakthroughs; recent developments include new China manufacturing facilities reaching commercial production in late FY2024, Project Vista for sales and Go-to-Market improvements launching in FY2024, key mega-programme milestones such as regulatory submissions for PEEK Knee in India and US clinical trial approval, ongoing Magma collaboration with TechnipFMC and Petrobras for PEEK composite pipes, E-mobility customer expansions across automotive platforms, Trauma revenue exceeding £1m with new Asian customers, Aerospace Composites qualifications advancing for OEM retrofit projects, and Bond 3D impairment alongside US FDA approval for 3D printed Porous PEEK spinal cages in September 2024.