UK-based custom printed self adhesive labels manufacturers Mercian Labels has opened a new 24,000 ft2 factory in Staffordshire to meet the expanding demands for its digital and security labelling products.
The company recently purchased the site in Burntwood to expand from its existing 6,000 ft2 site in Cannock.
The company will be hiring 25 additional people in the next three years for various positions. The factory will primarily manufacture tamper evident and digital label & carton products.
Mercian Labels managing director Adrian Steele said: "After 7 consecutive years of growth we were experiencing significant overcrowding challenges. We identified this vacant former speedboat manufacturing facility earlier this summer as being ideal for our future needs and with support from our professional advisers we secured a quick transaction in early August. This allowed us to refit the site to our specification before moving the factory in October."
"With a fantastic facility like this we can now grow to meet pent up customer demand for our products. We have already committed to significant new machinery investment for 2015 that we just couldn't fit into our previous site, enabling us to increase production capacity. 'Poised for further growth' is on overused term, but now that our capacity constraints have been lifted we expect further significant growth in the next 3 years."
The company's expansion project was supported by the Regional Growth Fund and the Business Development Programme that helps growth of job creating businesses in Staffordshire.
Established in 1969, Mercian Labels specialises in making labels based on short run, digital and innovative labelling for UK businesses.
Image: The new manufacturing facility of Mercian Labels was opened in Staffordshire. Photo: courtesy of Mercian Labels.
