New factory for fast expanding Mercian Labels

MANUFACTURING business Mercian Labels has opened a new factory in Burntwood.

The 45 year old label manufacturing business purchased the site on the Plant Lane Business Park in Burntwood to continue its expansion as a result of increased demand for its digital and security labelling products.

Formally opened by Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant, the new 24,000 sq ft base represents a significant increase in capacity for the business that was previously based in a 6,000 sq ft site in Cannock.

Mercian Labels will be recruiting another 25 full time positions across its new Burntwood and existing Derby factories in the next three years to expand its team in a variety of roles including skilled production roles, apprenticeships, finance, marketing, sales, quality and management.

Managing director Dr Adrian Steele said: “After seven consecutive years of growth we were experiencing significant overcrowding challenges.

“We identified this vacant former speedboat manufacturing facility earlier this summer as being ideal for our future needs and with support from our professional advisers we secured a quick transaction in early August.

“The new factory will allow us to expand production to meet both domestic and export demand for our tamper evident and digital label and carton products for the next ten years.

“With a fantastic facility like this we can now grow to meet pent up customer demand for our products.

“We have already committed to significant new machinery investment for 2015 that we just couldn’t fit into our previous site, enabling us to increase production capacity.”