Sertec expansion will bring 400 jobs to Coleshill

Up to 400 new jobs will be created in North Warwickshire within the next three years as a result of a £20million investment by automotive parts manufacturer Sertec.

The Coleshill-based Sertec Group is investing in new large-scale power presses to stamp its products, with support funding from Lloyds Bank.

The expansion continues an impressive year for the company. Last year it received the manufacturing prize at the Birmingham Post Business Awards, held at Edgbaston Stadium, and was visited by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne who described it as a 'great manufacturing company.'

The expansion of Sertec, one of Jaguar Land Rover’s top suppliers, in Gorsey Lane is a great boost for the Coleshill area. The company has agreed a 25-year lease on the site formerly occupied by telecoms business Greenwoods Communications.

An increase in demand from key client JLR has been the main driver of Sertec’s growth and the new premises has the potential to expand by a further 45,000 sq ft. Sertec’s existing manufacturing base in Gorsey Lane will continue to operate as a pressings factory.

Meanwhile there is more good news for the north of the county with the £15million equipping of the University of Birmingham and Rolls-Royce’s new High Temperature Research Centre in Ansty now under way.

Wates Construction is undertaking the project, which marks a significant milestone in the ongoing development of Ansty Park. The work will bring the installation of specialist research and development equipment for advanced manufacturing as well as all mechanical and electrical systems.