A CALDERDALE factory which employs people with disabilities has moved to bigger premises following an increasing demand for their products.

The ISCAL factory in Halifax is one of the country’s leading manufacturers of coasters, napkins and other tissue-based products.

In the last five years, demand for ISCAL products has increased by around 600 per cent, with the factory now producing around 75,000,000 coasters a year.

As a result the firm has moved from an old biscuit factory in Ovenden to new premises at Atlas Business Park, just outside Halifax town centre.

Calderdale Council’s cabinet member Cllr Barry Collins, said: “ISCAL keeps going from strength to strength and the latest move to improved facilities will allow the factory to keep attracting high profile customers and continue to expand.

“Not only is the company increasingly successful, it also provides important work experience for some of Calderdale’s most vulnerable residents. The training and experience of a working environment can help many disabled or disadvantaged residents into employment and it’s great news that we’ll now be able to increase the number of trainees employed each year.”

The new factory will be officially opened on Thursday, March 1.

To find out more about ISCAL and the products available, visit www.iscal.org.uk or call 01422 352054.