Sean started out officially in resin systems upon leaving College. Joining a very small business of 5, he had to learn everything from preparing concrete, ordering materials, and installing industrial resin systems. Working many evenings and weekends, he learnt how to adjust the materials to make them work for what we want to do in challenging environments.

Little did he know those lessons would be extremely valuable in his future life as a formulator of resin systems.

He grew that business quickly, focusing on the more difficult technical challenges, often taking on projects most would describe as not possible. At 20 he won our industry's award for installer of the year, and was subsequently invited to join the Technical Committee of our industry association.

During that time he installed all types of resin systems from Terrazzo to Resin Bound Surfacing. He had become a very early adopter of resin bound surfacing, just 10 years after its invention by Sureset in the late 90's. Sureset being a company he always admired for inventing the industry we're in, and was pleased to acquire in 2026.

By 21, he was ready to start Vuba. We were a boutique manufacturer of complex resin products. Focusing on everything from anti static coatings to underwater repairs. Anything but the standard resin product! He wanted to be different and use his technical knowledge, but he eventually found out that to create a business, the market needs to be big enough.

He decided to look at the resin world and see what part he believed he could add the most value to. He always says he doesn't like to do business for the sake of it, we want to be making a difference and improving our industry for everybody involved. And after 5 years of being out of the resin bound industry, he noticed that not a lot had changed.

Sureset were still the innovators and leaders of the market in credibility and technical prowess, but their products had changed little if nothing at all since their launch in 1997. He saw this as an opportunity to change the market, make a difference and build a big business whilst doing so.

Our first innovation came in 2018, and since then every aspect of what permeable resin surfacing is has changed and become how we have created it. The entire market is now Vuba, or supplying a copy to the products we have invented. Which is something we're very proud of!

And the future is looking even brighter. Our formulation team would be himself a couple of other members of staff, but now we have Chemical Engineers, a Master of Chemistry, and multiple other well qualified R&D experts, together with whom we have some very exciting plans.