Company Profile

COBA Europe

COBA is one of the most established names in the manufacture and supply of matting and flooring throughout Europe.

As a company, it prides itself on quality of product and quality of service, offering its pan-European customer base one of the largest ranges of matting and flooring products.

COBA was formed in 1966 trading as COBA Plastics Ltd. It then operated from very small premises in central England run by its two co-founders who embarked on the business of manufacturing plastic extrusions. This business went from strength to strength, and today is regarded as a world class manufacturer of thermoplastic extrusions utilising state-of-the-art technology in its design and manufacturing processes.

It is from these roots in manufacturing plastic extrusions that COBA's then Matting Division was born, when it commenced manufacture of Cobamat safety matting back in 1979 as an alternative to wooden duckboarding. COBA was one of the first companies to introduce the concept of industrial 'safety matting' in the UK.

Since then, the company has grown at a rapid pace, not only expanding its range of in-house manufactured goods, but also introducing many new products to its collection including most recently, commercial flooring and floor marking aerosol paints.

This continued growth heralded the building of a brand new purpose-built office, manufacturing and warehouse facility in Fleckney in 2007, exclusively for COBA's UK matting and flooring business now trading as COBA Europe Ltd. The COBA group's parent company COBA International Ltd re-structured its UK business operation to reflect this growth in forming a dedicated company for its matting division – COBA Europe Ltd – which came into effect on 1st July 2007. COBA's extrusion business continues to trade as COBA Plastics Ltd.

COBA also has localised sales and warehouse facilities in Germany and Slovakia. COBA Europe GmbH moved to new premises in Pullenweg in 2007 with increased warehouse space and offices for its growing matting and flooring business in Germany. It now stocks the full product range for efficient supply to customers throughout Europe. Customers in Eastern Europe are well served too through COBA Plastics s.r.o. based in Slovakia.

The COBA International group of companies today employs a workforce of over 300 with its head office based in Fleckney, near Leicester in the United Kingdom.