A Workington manufacturing firm has been chosen to take over a production line from Europe – creating over 20 jobs.
Swiss automation firm ABB will move the production of its flowmeters – which monitor and record gases and liquids – from Germany to West Cumbria’s McMenon Engineering.
McMenon, already a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of flow and temperature measurement instrumentation, and ABB have a long-standing partnership.
McMenon CEO Anand Puthran said: “I take great pride in the fact that McMenon have been considered by ABB as a reliable new home for the VA flowmeter product portfolio.
“The fact that we were chosen over other global competitors is testament to the quality of our product engineering and manufacturing capabilities and reputation for innovation.”
Chief operations officer Shiby Bernard added: “In the span of a few weeks, McMenon’s brilliant team successfully transferred the entire product line to Workington, UK.
“This acquisition will create stability, growth and more opportunities for our workforce and new jobs.”
“Through proactive endeavours and the brilliant support of its team, McMenon is helping to secure its own future as we emerge from the after-effects of the pandemic and Brexit.”
The overall deal is set to create around 21 new jobs at the Workington site.
Mr Puthran added: “This win for McMenon is also a win for UK manufacturing. Not often do we see manufacturing operations being transferred into the UK, especially from countries like Germany which are the best in the business.
“We have recently celebrated 75 years of manufacturing heritage in West Cumbria and we are proud to keep flying the flag for UK manufacturing.”
