Engineering business establishes European HQ in transformed mill
GMP Engineering, a Canadian-owned process engineering and consulting firm serving the life sciences industry, has secured new offices at The Globe in Slaithwaite.
The 1,000 sq ft premises will serve as a new European headquarters, bridging the supply chain, predominantly at present to serve a $1.3bn cancer treatment project in North America and to develop further ties to Europe.
With its global headquarters in Toronto and further premises in New Jersey, USA, GMP Engineering selected the UK as a location to support its Europe-wide growth plans.
It currently has an expert team of four with plans to become a self-sustaining entity with a team of around 15 over the next five years.
Michael Mellor, process containment – subject matter expert and director leading the UK office at GMP, said: “We are happy to secure new premises at The Globe.
“With an existing clientele of medical and life sciences related practices in the building, we are in good company, but the location and connectivity aspect were most appealing.
“The Mill building itself is impressive, providing a light and airy, state of the art workspace of historical importance in the ‘up and coming’ village of Slaithwaite is really great for the wellbeing of our team.
“We are excited to represent GMP Engineering and our containment subject matter expertise to the UK and Europe-wide market for this pharmaceutical industry.”
The Globe is an emerging location for medical enterprise in Kirklees.
Hartley Property Trust Ltd, in partnership with Kirklees Council has invested more than £6.5m to repurpose the first of two significant mill buildings to provide 80,000 sq ft of innovation space.
All five floors have been transformed to provide an innovation centre, laboratory space, medical suites, offices and retail space as well as an Artisan Hall.
A spokesman for Hartley Property Trust, said: “We are pleased to announce that we have agreed terms for GMP Engineering to occupy the fourth floor at The Globe.
“The Globe buildings are an important part of our history and regional heritage that should be embraced with all their glory for modern day uses.
“Our investment has delivered new, highly efficient workspace with wonderful character, delivering the important carbon benefits of repurposing old buildings.”
“With much of the first building let, we are now turning our attention to the redevelopment of the second building to provide much needed additional parking for occupiers and the local public.”
