Sandwell Council is looking for developers for a well-situated, cleared site on Tipton Industrial Estate.

The European Regional Development Fund is funding a £9.7m ‘Manufacturing Growth Programme’ (MGP) to provide special assistance to help manufacturing firms grow and improve.

With the help of a £3.5m investment from Barclays, A Perry & Co has moved into new premises.

This week’s #madeinsandwell Monday star is APiC. Based at Sandwell Business Park in Smethwick, APiC has been cladding and glazing buildings across the UK for over a decade. Its mission statement is simply ‘to meet customers’ expectations’, and its recent form shows the company clearly succeeding.

An industrial estate in Oldbury is set to be refurbished after a recent takeover with the aim of restoring it to its former popularity. The 100,000 square feet Oldbury Point estate in Rood End Road was acquired by Tilstone Investments last month. The buyers plan to invest in the site.

Liberty Trillion, owned by parent company Liberty House, has just launched a range of bicycles that are being manufactured in the Midlands.

The Hadley Group has confirmed that it is the preferred bidder for the purchase of a former fire training centre in Smethwick.

Our #madeinsandwell Monday star for this week is CLM: Currall Lewis & Martin (Construction) Ltd. Now based in Oldbury, the company is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Work has begun on the construction of a new £27m factory development for Steel & Alloy Processing Ltd on a 12-acre site at the former Albright High School in Popes Lane, Oldbury.