Report - Promat ltd.. Glasgow, December 2021

[Mikeymutt]

Brewtal had told me about this old factory last spring. But I never got around to see it as never had a chance. I was heading up to see the girlfriend for Christmas. Normally I drive straight up there, but this time I decided to drive a fair way up and stop overnight. She was working the next day so decided to finally go here and have a look. The place is a big site, it's trashed within an inch of its life. Still amazes me how something so big can get so trashed. But trashed as it is it's a very photogenic and interesting place. Some lovely light coming in and some nice colours. There is a lot of great graffiti around the site. Also I spotted four graffiti artists inside doing there work. Lots of little bits hidden up as well to the look at.
The factory was one of the oldest in Glasgow. It opened up in 1892 and produced fire resistant boards. The company was bought out in 2002 by Promat which is a Belgium company. They decided to shut the factory making the 100 staff redundant over two phases. The first lot in December 2014 and the rest in 2015. The union complained saying they had chosen the factory because they belonged to the union. Were the others across the country did not belong to unions and did not close.


The outside of the factory with the admin block to the right.

Inside is quite stripped but some bits of machinery are still inside.

What looks like some kilns.

Overhead gantry crane.

Pressure treatment chambers.

Some huge mixing bowl. That's what it looked like anyway.

Continued..

 

[Mikeymutt]

Some of the nice graffiti around the site.

The ninja was one of my favourites.

Some nice tanks up top.

A seperate block has a dark room with some switchgear in it. Surprisingly the light bulbs were still intact ha ha.

The admin block was in a horrendous state. I took two shots. One of this nice graffiti. And one of a smashed up toilet block.

 

[mookster]

Big derpy industry, just how I like it.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Big derpy industry, just how I like it.

This would deffo be up your street mate.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Epic switchgear!

Ripped to bits like everything else..

 

[host]

Fuckin love it that’s my kind of place to explore. Great work, I know where I’m going very soon.

 

[Wally_urbex]

A lovely bit of industrial. Love it!

 

[Mikeymutt]

Fuckin love it that’s my kind of place to explore. Great work, I know where I’m going very soon.

Worth a pop in if you are near.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Ch

A lovely bit of industrial. Love it!

Cheers mate. Shame it's so trashed.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Man there is some good graff there

 

[Mikeymutt]

Man there is some good graff there

It was one of the main things that drew me in.

 

[Calamity Jane]

For somewhere so derpy, its still very explorable. Lots to see here. Graff is great. Shame the toilet was smashed though. Great photo. Looks like a great workout climbing up and down in there.

 

[Mikeymutt]

For somewhere so derpy, its still very explorable. Lots to see here. Graff is great. Shame the toilet was smashed though. Great photo. Looks like a great workout climbing up and down in there.

It really was in a state but really enjoyable at the same time. Not too much climbing about, but had to be careful walking about. So much slippy stuff on the floor.

 

[dogslife]

Brings back the memories. I spent 10 years working there. The "pressure vessels" were autoclaves, and that admin block in the main factory was the changing rooms and engineering offices. The admin was in the 3 storey office block beside the gate. Inside the factory the first picture looks through to the cellulose and effluent plants. Then it's bay 1, the forming machine (mag 2) and the autoclaves have been removed but the ovens are still there. The autoclaves pictured are in bay 2. The "tanks up top" are actually filtration units from the sanding machines to catch the dust to stop it going into the atmosphere. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.