PP Control & Automation unveils £1 million factory extension

A new £1 million factory extension has been unveiled by PP Control & Automation as it singled its intention to double sales from £20 million to £40 million by 2021.

The company, which works with many of the world’s most successful machinery builders, had added a further 1,000m² of production space to its existing 4,500m² facility in Cheslyn Hay, in order to facilitate growth in new technology markets and interest from a wider international customer base.

With construction completed on time, work is now underway to kit out the dedicated logistics and material department with conveyor systems and state-of the-art barcode scanning to ensure goods are moved around the shopfloor quickly and efficiently.

Also planned is a new ‘clean assembly’ area that will cater for an increasing need to assemble static sensitive electronics, as well as intricate mechanical parts that have more specialist assembly requirements.

Managing director Tony Hague explained: “We have very ambitious growth plans to double turnover and this will only be possible by ensuring we have a facility in the UK that can provide us with the space needed to meet our current and future customer requirements.”

“The £1 million investment, in the immediate light of the Brexit vote, shows our commitment to creating a world class operation and we will showcase our new capabilities to clients in the food processing & packaging, machine tool, medical, printing, semiconductor and scientific machinery sectors.

“We are confident that our four-year plan to reach £40 million will be achieved and we don’t envisage Article 50 or Brexit having too much of an influence on what we do.”

PP Control & Automation www.ppcanda.com