Chemical products business invests in its future

A £20,000 investment in new equipment is helping a Yorkshire contract manufacturer and packer sustain its position within the agrochemical and general chemical industries.

Grotech Production, in Goole, develops and produces specialist powder, granule and liquid formulations. It has bought a new reach truck, a vacuum sack lifter and replacement weighing scales. This is on top of other investments over the last four years, including updating its fleet of forklift trucks.

The equipment is bringing added operational efficiencies to the business as well as, in the case of the vacuum sack lifter, major health and safety benefits.

Operations director Stephen Moore said: “As a business Grotech continues to go from strength to strength and we are busier than ever.

“As a whole the new equipment will enable us to meet the growing needs of our customers more efficiently while the vacuum sack lifter will also significantly reduce the manual handling risks for our staff when dealing with heavy sacks of raw materials and finished products.”

The reach truck, supplied by Neckar Forklifts in Castleford, is used in Grotech’s warehouse to enable pallets to be stored on racking at heights of up to eight metres. It replaces a vehicle which the company was previously hiring, providing improved energy efficiency and better access through the factory therefore saving time and improving productivity.

The vacuum sack lifter, supplied by Chesterfield-based Palamatic, uses a suction mechanism to take the strain off Grotech’s operators when moving around heavy sacks of product while five sets of trade approved, dual range industrial scales from Lorrimar Weighing in Hull, custom made to Grotech’s requirements, are being used throughout the company’s production process offering greater consistency and reliability.

Moore added: “We pride ourselves on our weighing accuracy and decided to expand the selection of scales available to our team.”