Ground-breaking Ceremony for Craemer UK’s New Factory
11th December 2017
Since the launch of its existing Telford factory in 2006, Craemer UK Ltd has grown significantly with turnover increasing 500 per cent to £25.5 million in 2016. The company has been looking to expand its existing site in Hortonwood 1 but has been constrained by the nearby A442 road and adjoining occupiers.
Craemer now intends to develop its new factory at Hortonwood West, creating up to 70 jobs and safeguarding the 65 posts at its existing Telford site. This purchase is part of the Telford & Wrekin Council and Homes and Communities Agency Land Deal, aimed at bringing forward spare industrial land for development.
Dr. Achim Brandenburg, senior representative of the German entrepreneurial family and the company group’s Senior Managing Partner, commented: “Our decision to build a new factory as an expansion of our existing UK subsidiary clearly demonstrates the fact that Craemer feels very much at home in Telford.”
Steve Poppitt, Managing Director of Craemer UK Ltd, said: “This latest significant investment by our German parent company represents an important step in the continual development and expansion of our UK manufacturing operation. We continue to build on the remarkable success and growth we have achieved since the opening of our Hortonwood factory in 2006. In addition to creating new jobs and further supporting the local economy, the development of this second Craemer Telford site underlines the Craemer Group’s ongoing commitment to its UK manufacturing arm.”
Councilor Lee Carter, Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet member for Economic Development, said: “I am delighted that Craemer has chosen to build a new factory in Telford and this is very typical of the inward investment that we have been striving so hard to attract. This news will create 70 new jobs, provide a welcome boost to the local economy and represents a very significant commitment to our borough by a company that is already an international success story.”
Pictured: Dr Achim Brandenburg, Craemer Group’s Senior Managing Partner, Steve Poppitt, Managing Director of Craemer UK, and Councillor Lee Carter, Telford & Wrekin Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development.