Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has opened a £2m extension to
the global headquarters of low carbon technology group ENER-G (www.energ.co.uk)
in Salford, Greater Manchester, and celebrated news that the company
will create 100 new jobs in 2011.
Over the past ten years, the international manufacturing and
engineering group has increased the size of its workforce from 75 to
more than 760 people worldwide, with 560 of them based in the UK.
Through its partnerships with schools, colleges and universities
ENER-G is helping to develop tomorrow’s talent, training 20 young
people on its apprenticeship scheme and new graduate development
programme.
The new building has doubled ENER-G’s office space and will release
additional space for manufacturing low carbon and renewable
technologies, including biogas generation and combined heat and
power systems (CHP).
Contractors involved in the new building were: Fletcher Rae
Architects; Thistle Construction (main contractor); AF Connell
(electrical contractor) ; Ellison (mechanical services contractor);
Clancy Consulting (M&E consultant), and Total Project Integration (TPI)
for project management.
The company also announced immediate plans to increase investment in
excess of £0.25 million in its manufacturing facility in Salford.
This is the culmination of a three year manufacturing expansion
programme that will enable the business to double its manufacturing
output during 2011 from 2008 levels.
ENER-G’s technologies provide total carbon savings of five million
tonnes per year for its customers, equivalent to the environmental
benefit of 500 million trees.
Turnover grew 34 per cent last year to £130m, 47% of which was
generated by export sales. This is in line with the company’s
year-on-year growth profile of 30% for the last ten years. ENER-G
has operating companies, joint ventures and partnerships in 18
countries, including the UK, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania,
Lithuania, Italy, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Mexico and Spain,
with partners in Canada and across Western and Eastern Europe.
Greg Barker said: “I’m extremely pleased to announce the £2m
expansion to ENER-G and to celebrate the new jobs that will come
with that investment. These are still challenging times for the
whole economy but as the recovery really starts to grow, Salford is
fast becoming a green beacon of the North West by capitalising on a
move to a low carbon economy.
“I’m impressed by the forward thinking nature of businesses here
which are developing the technologies of the future but I also want
to find out what challenges still exist for those yet to benefit.
I’m talking to local businesses to find ways to unlock investment.
We're serious about being the greenest government ever and unlocking
low green growth in all parts Britain.”
Tim Scott, chairman of ENER-G, said: “We are delighted to announce
the creation of more skilled jobs, and extremely proud of our growth
and achievements. Engineering and manufacturing businesses like ours
make a rich contribution to UK PLC. Continued government support for
sustainable energy is critical to building the new low carbon
economy in which we operate and we were very pleased to have an
opportunity to celebrate our success with the Minister and to
discuss policies that can drive growth in the sector.”
Nick Storer, Chief Executive at Envirolink Northwest, the leading
support company for the growth of the low carbon and environmental
goods and services sector in the North West, said: “When we were
approached by The Department of Energy and Climate Change to
facilitate a meeting with a successful North West based company in
the low carbon sector we were delighted to help. Opportunities such
as these enable us to showcase the region’s achievements on a
national level, and ENER-G is a good example of this success. The
presence of broader supply chain companies from the region allowed
the Minister to gain a snap shot of the sector and emphasised the
importance of the North West and the low carbon sector as key
contributors to the overall growth of the UK’s economy.”
ENER-G develops, manufactures, delivers, finances and maintains
energy efficient and renewable solutions. In addition to CHP units
and biogas systems, these include geothermal energy, heat pumps,
efficient lighting, controls, metering, billing and data solutions,
and new generation energy from waste. The company has more installed
CHP systems across the UK and Europe than any other supplier,
including installations in Buckingham Palace, hospitals, hotels,
leisure centres, government offices, supermarkets, factories and
other buildings worldwide.
The company was founded in 1997 through the acquisition of
Manchester’s first university spinout business Combined Power
Systems. ENER-G was a recent winner in the National Business Awards,
becoming 3i Private Business of the Year.
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