New home for growing DA Techs

Following a 200 per cent increase in sales, wheel repair specialist DA Techs  has moved into larger premises in Adlington.

The company now repairs nearly 700 wheels per month. In addition to its new premises, DA Techs has recruited an extra member of staff, taking the team total to eight.

The move to new premises follows an earlier refit of its previous premises on the same industrial park over the summer, including the installation of a larger oven. Just a few short months later it became clear that bigger premises would be needed to keep up with demand.

An additional mobile alloy repair vehicle will be in operation by March. The second van will deal with repairs to ordinary alloy wheels. This service was added to the company's specialisms in response to demand from both private clients and car dealerships.

Pete Radcliffe, chairman, said: “Over the summer we invested in new machinery and increased efficiency at our existing unit but it was clear that with the level of demand being received we were running out of space to store and process the wheels being repaired. “Along with the need for new premises, we’re really proud about the skilled employment opportunities we are offering to local people. There’s so much talent around but it often seems like young people aren’t able to realise their potential because there’s only limited choices on offer. What we provide is unique, so we’ve had to develop our own training programme and it’s worked really well for us – our apprentice technicians are excellent and keen to learn new skills.”