Guhring set to move to larger premises in Birmingham on back of sales growth
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Birmingham-based cutting tool supplier/manufacturer Guhring is developing plans to build a new 50,000 sq ft facility on the eastern side of Birmingham, following an upturn in domestic and overseas sales.
The company, which is a subsidiary of the US company Guhring Inc, manufactures and supplies round shank cutting tools for a range of industries – including aerospace, automotive, medical and engineering – employs 76 people at its current location on the Castle Bromwich Business Park. It is one of 26 production plants and 36 service centres globally.
Says Guhring finance and IT manager Yvonne Clune: "The engineering sector, in general, has seen a strong lift over the past year and that has helped to cement our own growth. We are at the cutting-edge of manufacturing and supply a range of sectors, and that has led to the need for expansion. That is why we are developing plans to build our own HQ for the UK here in the West Midlands which is at the heart of manufacturing and engineering in this country.
"We are investing in other areas of the business too, such as upgrading and outsourcing the management of our IT to local company ACUTEC. It came to the point where it was not efficient for us to look after the systems in-house and, therefore, made sense to allow experts in this field to manage and monitor our systems."
