ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING
Engineering group relocates to Stonehouse
After years of planning and 43 weeks of construction, a Gloucestershire engineering group is all set to move into its new Stonehouse premises. Since breaking ground on its new site last year, the purpose-built combined factory for Stroud Metal Company and sister company Stroud Plastics has been completed both on time and on budget. By the end ofAugust, both firms will be fully operational in their new home. The firms' relocation from their old site at Dudridge provides much-needed expansion space, as well as a manufacturing environment which has been designed to allow optimised material flow. The new factory will also provide facilities such as overhead cranes and clean rooms for assembly and packaging of advanced automotive and medical device products.
Just two weeks after being stopped at Dudbridge, the presses are back in production in Stonehouse. The second batch of equipment will be transferred to the facility in the coming weeks, with Stroud Plastics starting its relocation process on July 29. With roots dating back to the 19th century, Stroud Metal was officially incorporated in 1926 and is still a privately owned, family run business supplying components to a broad range of industries. Both firms currently export to Europe, Asia, North/ South America and Africa. Throughout September and October, the team at Stroud Metal and Plastics is offering introductory meetings and tours of the new facility by way of a series of open days l
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