Investment spotlight
annual sales, employs more than 900 people and exports products to over 50 countries from its 17 factories. In May last year, it responded to the Government’s faltering strategic vision for industry by delivering the MANifesto, its own blueprint for making the country globally competitive. Bosses highlighted four key pillars of People, International Trade, Sustainability & Net Zero and Investment as being key to the future growth of the UK. “We’ve certainly lived up to our MANifesto, with more than £4.5m invested over the last twelve months. This has ranged from the purchase of a high pressure die casting machine and automated SMT assembly equipment to new forging simulation software, high speed presses and, in our own case, the latest automated
cable harness production technology,” added Tony Hague, Chief Executive of PP Control & Automation. “Investment has been in people too, with many of our members committed to developing apprentices and offering opportunities to graduates through our work with WMG and other academic institutions. We can’t stand still – how we harness skills and technology to deliver more productive businesses will be crucial to building on a successful twelve months.” He concluded: “One of our member companies - Brandauer - has even worked with In-Comm Training to launch and grow the UK’s first ever Precision Tooling Academy. It has done this for the good of industry and to ensure we have the volume of toolmakers the UK is going to need to be a world leader once again.” n www.man-group.co.uk
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