£1m factory investment to enable major sales increase

A WALSALL manufacturer with ambitions to double turnover to £40m has signed off a £1m investment to expand its factory.
PP Control & Automation, which provides control and automation solutions, is to build an additional 10,000 sq ft at its Cheslyn Hay factory.
The additional production space will include a new logistics department and clean assembly area, which it believes will increase its opportunities in more specialist industry sectors, such as scientific equipment and semiconductor processing markets.
“It gives us the manufacturing footprint required to increase sales by 100% and is a real show of intent when talking with potential clients,” said Tony Hague, managing director of PP Control & Automation.
The company employs nearly 200 people and is recruiting more staff, initially adding six apprentices.
Mr Hague said: “There was a lot of talk about uncertainty holding back industry after the Brexit vote, but we have confidence – in the medium term – that UK manufacturing in general will be strong and the growth plans of ourselves and our customers remain unchanged.
“In the short term with Sterling weakening against the euro and the US dollar, we have actually seen growth in export markets as UK competitiveness has improved.”
The company has said it has also “benefitted significantly” from the trend by machinery builders to outsource non-core parts of their business.
It is targeting annual sales of £40m by 2021. It achieved a 7% rise in turnover in the year to January 2016, to £17.3m.

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