Spanish automotive manufacturer expands in Burton
Automotive manufacturer Grupo Antolin has moved into a purpose-built 113,000 sq ft unit on St Modwen’s Barton Business Park development, near Burton-upon-Trent.
Grupo Antolin is a first tier automotive supplier of interior trim systems and components to major original equipment manufacturers from multiple sites throughout the UK. It will service clients including Midlands-based Jaguar Land Rover out of the new 113,000 sq ft unit.
St Modwen built the unit specifically for the automotive company after the firm decided to expand its operations in Barton. Grupo Antolin originally joined the Business Park in 2007, taking up a 70,000 sq ft unit, which it has since outgrown.
The move has brought new jobs to the area, says St Modwen.
Ian Romano, head of commercial for the Midlands and North at St Modwen, said: “Grupo Antolin has been a fantastic tenant at Barton Business Park for more than a decade and we’re pleased to have been able to accommodate their expansion, with a much larger unit, on a very tight timescale. The new unit has been delivered to meet their operational needs and demonstrates St Modwen’s ability to work closely with occupiers and future tenants to develop bespoke industrial space in a short period of time.”
Robin Hills, general mManager at Grupo Antolin, said: “Our Barton facility has won a number of new contracts and as a result we needed to extend our manufacturing footprint with this new facility, more than doubling the original floor space. We have been a strategic sequence supplier to Toyota from this site since 2006 and JLR from 2015, receiving the JLRQ accreditation last year. This much needed space in such a prime location provides excellent opportunities for future growth, creating new jobs and contributing to the local economy for years to come.”
Knight Frank advised St Modwen on the letting.
Cushman and Wakefield advised Grupo Antolin.
