Tooling and engineering company will be moving its UK operation to a 50% larger purpose-built facility and plans to hold an Open House event at the new facility.
R and D Tool and Engineering have confirmed that their UK operation will be relocating to a larger purpose-built facility in Summer 2006. RandD's UK facility oversees all Group activities outside of the Americas and the announcement follows a broadening of R and D's sales network in Europe and the Middle East in 2005. The new facility will be sited close to the existing UK operation, near to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire and will be nearly 50% larger than the existing site with an expanded development capability.

Commenting on the announcement, Alan Tolley, managing director of R and D's UK operation said: 'To continue being successful in an increasingly competitive global market, in addition to utilising state of the art manufacturing equipment and processes, we need to have first class manufacturing and development facilities and the time is right for us to move.

The purchase of our new facility will enable us to continue to develop our operations in the UK and allow us to have the space and flexibility to accommodate future business growth.' Once the move has been completed, R and D plans to hold an Open House event at the new UK facility for existing and prospective customers.

Further details will be announced later in the year but it is expected that this will be held towards the end of 2006.