Northern Industrial prepares for future growth

Industrial automation specialist Northern Industrial has expanded its office space to accommodate 55 extra staff.

The company currently employs 40 office staff and 30 electronic engineers from its 30,000 sq ft facility in Blackburn.

Bryan Lee Building Contractors, also of Blackburn, have opened up previously unused space at the company's Shadsworth Business Park site.

The expansion follows a record year of turnover and profits. Northern Industrial offers repairs and sells parts and supplies in to 132 countries, holding around £7m of stock.

David Lenehan, managing director, said: “The last few years have been great for us and every indication is that it will only get better. Although we have customers in a wide variety of manufacturing disciplines, one thing they all have in common is they want to avoid downtime at all costs. Because of the nature of what we do, we’ve found we’re not only pretty recession proof, but we actually start to do even better when the economy starts to slow down."

“Sometimes you just need someone on your side in a stressful breakdown situation. Our aim is to provide the spare parts and repairs customers need as quickly as possible to minimise downtime. We specialise in keeping businesses up and running, with high quality industrial electronic spare parts, repairs and onsite support."