Crawford Health struggles to find new premises

KNUTSFORD-based advanced woundcare business Crawford Healthcare has plans to expand its manufacturing and laboratory footprint and says it wants to move to a new site at the proposed Cheshire Gateway.

The high-tech medical manufacturer, which already employs over 150 people across sites in Cheshire, wants to expand its manufacturing and laboratory footprint whilst remaining in the area but says there is a critical shortage of available sites for businesses in Cheshire East.  

Crawford, which wants the new facility to be close to its Knutsford headquarters has said the ideal location would be the proposed Cheshire Gateway site, located alongside the M56 and new A556.

Richard Anderson, chief executive of Crawford Healthcare, said: “As a company, we conduct our own research, design and manufacturing locally and have launched our own subsidiaries in both the USA and Germany.

“However, we are committed to Cheshire and we wish to ensure that we expand somewhere near to our current base in Knutsford to retain local jobs. Due to the significant expansion we have seen over the past few years, we are now in a position whereby we would like to expand into a much bigger site. T

“he Cheshire Gateway would be an ideal place for us to expand our business, given its proximity to transport networks and its role in helping create the goals of the Northern Powerhouse.”

The Cheshire Gateway development by TEM Property would see a science, technology and logistics park built on the border of Cheshire and Trafford directly on the newly opened Bowden roundabouts.

The full proposals for the site would see 2,500 jobs in science, logistics and advanced manufacturing created.

Jim McCain, TEM property director commented: “Crawford Healthcare is a leading international business but very much ‘Made in Cheshire’.  We are delighted with the strong occupier interest in the site. “

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