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Themed table centres
From New York to Paris, from a masquerade ball to all the fun of the fair take a look in our gallery at some of our sample acrylic table centres.
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Karl Hohn
It is with great sadness that we announce, Carlon Plastics founder and chairman Karl Hohn passed away on the 17th August 2019.
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Having recently celebrated Carlons 60th anniversary and Karl himself in his 92nd year, he was very proud of the Leicester company that he built which has always been and continues to be a family business.
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It's not too late
To stock up on canape and refreshment trays for your Summer weddings.
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We make a range of acrylic canape and drinks trays as well as more bespoke options.
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Carlon Plastics is 60
We couldn’t let this February pass without sharing our great achievement with everyone; which is that Carlon Plastics has now been in business for 60 years.
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It’s hasn't always been plain sailing, we’ve seen many of our suppliers and customers come and go over the years and some have nearly taken us down with them, but we are still here and very proud of what we have built over the last 60 years.
Amazingly Karl Hohn who founded Carlon plastics has just celebrated his 92nd birthday. Althou... -
Gin Trees
Take a look at our new gin trees, available in two sizes for 6 or 9 glasses.
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For more information, prices etc please get in touch.
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Merry Christmas
Carlon Plastics will be taking a short break from Friday 21st December (Lunchtime) until Wednesday 2nd January.
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We wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year and we look forward to speaking to you in 2019!
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Christmas is coming
Take a look at our fabulous frosted Christmas tree. This can be made to your own specifications and in a range of different colour and finish options. Perfect to brighten up your Christmas party tables.
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It can also be flat packed so perfect to use again next year. Please get in touch for more information and prices. -
Doughnut mind if I do
We were really pleased when Emma from Gifted Heart Cakes approached us about making a donut wall. She had a vision of what she wanted and we were only too happy to work with her to create something really special to showcase her amazing doughnuts.
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Gin or cocktails
One of our customers couldn't find any glass effect gin trays for an event that they were doing...... so we made some.
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Cheers
Our new white, black and smoked champagne trays came in very handy at the weekend for a family BBQ, it was virtually impossible to find a full tray to take a picture!
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Come and take a look at our showroom
We've manufactured such an extensive range of products over the last 60 years for many different industries, engineering, museum and exhibition and Retail POS.
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Very few display solutions are ever the same and its impossible to show them all but we have a good range of items on display at our Fairfax Road premises. We can show you examples and the quality of the work that we have previously done and the experienced team at Carlon can offer any help that you might need.
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Bespoke pricing doesnt mean expensive
We've had so many requests lately for canapé trays, champagne suspension trays and cake tables now that the wedding season has begun.
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Many of our event and hospitality customers see something on the website that they like and get in touch for a price list, pricing is done on a more bespoke basis but that doesn't mean we are expensive!
We make everything ourselves and the price per item depends on the material, quantities and sizes required. We are happy to discuss any ideas that you might h... -
A great weekend at The Ricoh Arena
We thought we had seen all that Wedding Fayres had to offer but once again we were surprised to see some new things that we hadn't seen before.
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We hope that everyone felt the same about us and the new products that the Carlon team made for the show including for the caterers, our new drinks trays specifically for coupe glasses and our lovely curved canapé tray both of which can be personalised.
For the brides and grooms we brought along our lovely table standing wishing well which we can ma... -
We hope to see you at The National Show Wedding Show
We are looking forward to exhibiting some of our event products at The National Wedding Show on Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January at the Ricoh arena.
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There will be over 100 exhibitors so lots to see and do for anyone getting married soon.
We would love to see you there and to show you our bespoke collection of cake stands, refreshment trays and table centres.
The show will be open from 10am - 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday, so plenty of time to come and meet us!
See you there....
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A New Year, A New Laser Cutter
We were delighted to add a brand new state of the art laser cutter to our Leicester workshop at the end of last year and proud that the team successfully passed their training. No problem for an experienced bunch like this!
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All I want for Christmas... Is a beautiful bespoke dolls house
If your Grandad is the Director of an acrylic manufacturing company, the least that you can expect is for him to make you a beautiful three storey bespoke dolls house. Not just your average house this one has everything and the recipient was really pleased with it but who wouldn't be.
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We thought it was so good that we had to share it with you so take a look at our gallery and bespoke section for more images.
With a growing family there will be plenty more houses and maybe a castle or two for...