The story is as familiar as ever – an industry sector which fifty years ago was typically local and small-scale operating on a closed market that fundamentally changed. Brick-and-mortar factories in its pure sense were typically located near to clay- and limestone pits, firewood were taken from local supplies and the business was often not performed all year around. The customers were typically found in the very vicinity of the works.

With the post-WWII boom in the construction business and the introduction of low-cost bunker oil during the 1950s created a new generation of larger plants. Distribution with trucks started to eradicate the foundation of the smaller plants.

As the construction business went into recession in the 1970s and the labor costs and oil prices soared, the small and inefficient plants fell one by one. This one probably sank in that era. Apart from some signs of paintball activity, the sense of that the time stopped some thirty-five years ago is strong here.
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