A Sandwell car interior company is investing £1.7million in specialised equipment after winning a new contract thanks to support from Yorkshire Bank. Cab Automotive in Sedgley Road East, Tipton, which makes seats and interior trims for major automotive manufacturers, has won £20million worth of new orders in the last 12 months. Their latest contract success […]

A SMETHWICK engineering business is targeting Latin America for growth. Hadley Group, which currently exports to 33 markets, is in talks to set up a joint venture in Chile. Stewart Towe, chairman and group managing director of Hadley Group, said the firm’s success in other export markets had prompted it to look at opportunities in […]

PROJECTS supporting the manufacturing sector and the automotive industry in particular are the main beneficiaries of the latest round of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund settlement for the West Midlands. The Government has allocated £124m in its Round Three settlement for the region. The funding, which is set to pave the way for around £1,300m […]

IF ever there was a perfect example of the importance of research and development in manufacturing it is steel processing firm Hadley Group. The Sandwell (Smethwick) firm – the UK’s largest cold rollforming group – employs 50 engineers in its R&D department under a professor of engineering. The ideas they’ve come up with have helped […]

Blue Marble Properties has expanded with its second major commercial acquisition in West Bromwich. The deal has been completed on behalf of a joint venture between Pemberstone Group and Bridges Sustainable Property Fund. The property comprises seven industrial units totalling 57,000 sq ft of space at the Hawthorns Business Park, West Bromwich. The property, built […]

THE opening of a Sandwell College campus next to West Bromwich’s Kings Square shopping centre is having a beneficial on the mall, its owner has said. London & Associated Properties said the increasing footfall through the centre was having a welcome impact on retailers in the centre. “We continue to achieve successful lease renewals at […]

Smethwick-based parcel business GeoPost has invested in Surrey logistics provider Worldnet Direct. The Surrey business will continue to operate as a stand-alone company but will receive support and access to resources from GeoPost. Its service will operate directly through Worldnet and GeoPost’s two UK brands and roll out across Europe in time. GeoPost operates brands […]

Robinson Brothers are to recieve government funding to carry out feasibility studies that could lead to the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches to sustainable manufacturing for the process industry. Innovation in sustainability is vital for the continued success and growth of the UK process industry and the funding, from the UK’s innovation agency, the […]

Geopost UK is primarily engaged in the provision of transport related services which include parcel distribution and logistics. The company is wholly owned by La Poste, the second largest postal operation in Europe and is represented in the United Kingdom from its registered office in Smethwick, Sandwell. The investment in new processes and equipment will […]