Mayoral visit for successful Heywood company

Opening ceremony Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Rochdale, Keith Swift and Susanne Etchells

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Based in Heywood, GJD are industry leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of professional exterior detection equipment. To celebrate the company’s continuous success the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Rochdale visited the offices. 

The Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift and Susanne Etchells visited the offices and manufacturing facilities of GJD to formally open the new production line. The ceremony included a tour the factory and a chance to meet with staff on 6 November.

The opening ceremony featured the illuminating of a unique electronic back-lit plaque at the entrance to the new production line which the Lord Mayor activated.

During the opening ceremony in his address to the staff at GJD. The Mayor expressed his pleasure at being present to celebrate a regional production success story and said that GJD's expansion represented excellent news for the region, demonstrating manufacturing growth together with wealth and job creation in the most difficult of recessionary times.

GJD continues to refine and develop new, innovative products and has been exporting an increasing volume of its production over the last four years. These increased levels of output, together with the recent acquisition of a major, new, long-term contract for an international client have necessitated the building of a complete new production line together with increased staffing levels.

Other attendees included Julie Evans from The Rochdale Development Agency, Nick Dale from Recruitment and Training Employment Links, Yvonne Grady and Elaine Allcroft from Business Link