The owners of a local business are celebrating after opening a new factory in Burntwood.
Mercian Labels’ have moved into a 24,000 sq ft site on the Plant Lane Business Park.
The 45-year-old label manufacturing business has seen a rise in demand for its digital and security labelling products.
Managing director Dr Adrian Steele said: “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.
“The project has taken a lot of effort from everyone involved. Our staff have been amazing – everyone moved with us and the relocation itself went well ahead of schedule.
“The new factory will allow us to expand production to meet both domestic and export demand for the next 10 years.”
The site was formally opened on last week by Michael Fabricant MP.
“I used to be a customer of Mercian Labels before I ever became an MP, so it was a genuine pleasure and a privilege to open their new facility in Burntwood,” he said.
“Mercian Labels are just one of four specialised security label printers in the world so it is great to see more hi-technology moving into Lichfield district.
“I hope to visit them again when their new production line is installed.”
