Indian foam recycler Sarva Foam plans £6m first phase of Scottish underlay plant

Indian manufacturer Sarva Foam is planning a foam-recycling plant in Scotland that would turn discarded foam into carpet underlay and flooring products, with about £6m earmarked for a first phase, Scottish Enterprise said on 28 October.

The announcement came as First Minister John Swinney met company representatives in Mumbai during his trade mission to India. Scottish Enterprise said that if the first phase succeeds and the wider commercial and funding package is confirmed, total investment could reach up to £12m over three years and create up to 100 Scottish jobs, including skilled manufacturing roles.

Kunal Giani, Chairman and Managing Director of Sarva Foam, said: "We are planning to establish a foam-recycling manufacturing operation in Scotland, with an initial investment of approximately £6 million."

He said the operation would draw on the company's manufacturing expertise to keep materials out of landfill, and that Sarva Foam would continue working with Scottish Enterprise to deliver the project. Deloitte is advising Sarva Foam and its promoters on inorganic growth initiatives and is helping shape the potential investment, the company said.

Decision not yet final

The release describes the £6m as "planned" investment in a facility in Scotland, but Scottish Enterprise's own comment was more guarded. Mark Hallan, Director of International Investment at Scottish Enterprise, said: "We welcome the news that Sarva Foam is considering Scotland as the location for its new manufacturing operation."

No site, timetable or planning application was named in the announcement. The £12m total and the 100 jobs are explicitly subject to the first phase being delivered and further funding being confirmed.

The company

Sarva Foam's website lists rebonded carpet underlays among its products. Its investor page says Sarva Foam Industries Limited was incorporated as a limited company in 2025.

Separately, Companies House records show a company called Sarva Foam UK Ltd was incorporated on 20 August 2024 and is registered in Slough, England, with a nature of business of SIC code 13939, manufacture of other carpets and rugs. The company is active, with its next accounts, to 31 March 2026, due by 31 December 2026. The Scottish Enterprise release does not mention that company.

The trade mission

Scottish Enterprise said on 29 September that the First Minister was due to visit India between 20 and 27 October, taking in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Scottish Development International, the agency's international arm, is delivering the trade and investment elements of the mission.

The Scottish Government said, as the First Minister arrived in Delhi, that the mission was an opportunity to attract new inward investment. It said that of the 108 investment projects Scotland secured in 2025, only one came from India, in the software sector, while Scotland remained the largest destination for foreign direct investment in the UK outside London and the southeast for the eleventh year.

The First Minister said the trading partnership between Scotland and India could be worth more than £3bn a year by 2030, citing what he called the government's own independent analysis. The Scottish Government has published the same figure in the Scotland-India Strategic Market Insight report, which it commissioned. According to the Scottish Government, that estimate is built on four sectors: technology and digital services at up to £2bn, energy transition at £520m, food and drink at £500m and life sciences at £400m. Manufacturing of building products is not among them.

Reuben Aitken, Managing Director, Investment & International at Scottish Enterprise, said India represented a significant opportunity for Scottish companies as one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Scottish Enterprise said it would continue to engage with Sarva Foam as the company's plans develop.