High growth engineer Mec Com recruited to MAN
A STAFFORDSHIRE engineering company on course for its best event year has become the latest recruit to the Midlands Assembly Network.
Mec Com, a specialist in fabrication, light assembly, coil winding and general machining, has credited its growth to a rise in its international business.
The Stafford-based business is looking to hit £12m of annual sales in 2013 after demand for its total manufacturing solutions secured more than £2.5m of orders from China, India and Tunisia.
As part of the expansion, the firm has invested nearly £1m on a state-of-the-art Trumpf laser cutting machine, a solvent free powder coating plant and the creation of 20 new jobs. It now employs 130 people.
Richard Bunce, Managing Director, said: “We’ve enjoyed year-on-year growth since the Management Buy-Out in 2005 and this has been achieved by continuing to look at ways where we can ‘add value’ to the customer.”
Mec Com currently supplies components into the power generation, food processing, rail, medical and renewable energy sectors for clients including Alstom, DEK, Schneider Electric and Siemens.
The company manufactures bespoke enclosures used on the West Coast Mainline and in the newest hospitals, while other components end up in solar equipment and food processing machines.
Its facility on Hixon Airfield Industrial Estate caters for low volume work with European Fabrications – its Romanian subsidiary – providing a competitive cost base for higher volume production.
“Joining the Midlands Assembly Network is an important step in our ambitious growth plans,” added Mr Bunce.
Tony Hague, chairman of MAN, said: “Mec Com is a great addition to the group and fits into our philosophy of retaining and attracting manufacturing work back into the UK.”
“A commitment to world class performance, quality and ‘added value’ fits perfectly with the way we operate and I can already see a number of new opportunities that member companies can work on.”
MAN comprises nine companies and with the addition of Mec Com includes: Advanced Chemical Etching, Alucast, Barkley Plastics, Brandauer, FW Cables, PP Electrical Systems, SMT Developments and Westley Engineering.
Together the firms employ over 600 people and turnover is in excess of £60m.
