Up to 30 jobs are set to be created after a steel reinforcements firm moved into South Derbyshire to help construct the HS2 high speed rail line.
F Brazil Reinforcements, which manufactures and supplies steel reinforcement products, hopes to start production at the former trailer manufacturing Montracon site, in Thorn Street, Woodville, in April, and is now on the look-out for new employees.
The firm's director John Fitzgerald told Staffordshire Live that the site has been chosen due to its transport links and proximity to the sort of employees it needed, who may have previously worked at companies such as construction firm Roger Bullivant.
Following the completion of the sale of the site, Montracon has relocated to a nearby base off Occupation Lane.
The site has been on the market since at least 2015 and has now been snapped up by F Brazil after the property was marketed at a guide price of £3.5 million.
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Set across 12 acres, the facility comprises a number of industrial and office buildings totalling 163,303 sq ft (15,171 sq m). The sale will help aid the firm’s expansion as it continues to fulfil its contracts in relation to the ongoing HS2 project.
Ian Muxlow, director in the commercial team at Savills Nottingham which sold the site, said: “The sale of the former Montracon site provided the purchaser with the opportunity to acquire an extensive manufacturing facility in an excellent location offering good links to both the A42 and J22 of the M1.
"The site generated significant interest from a wide range of buyers, including commercial occupiers, investors and developers, indicative of the current strong demand for freehold industrial opportunities in the Midlands, which enabled us to secure an excellent outcome on behalf of our client.”
Anyone who wishes to apply for one of the jobs can email sales@fbrazilreinforcements.co.uk
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