KP Industries new premises and staff

Phil Cornell, Managing Director of KP Industries Limited

KP Industries Limited, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of industrial conveyor systems and handling equipment, has used the profits from orders exceeding £1 million to part fund the purchase of a new manufacturing facility and take on four new employees.

KP Industries now has an additional 4,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space adjacent to its existing 6,000 sq. ft. site on Buckley Road Industrial Estate. The business has also taken on two time-served fitter welders, and recruited an engineering apprentice and an accounts office apprentice.

The firm initially secured an order worth £150,000 in 2014 to supply and install a picking system on the generator manufacturer’s motor production line. This was followed by the opportunity to tender for a pallet handling system and then an overhead pick and place automated handling solution.

Bringing the generator manufacturer’s total spend with KP Industries to more than £1 million, the pick and place system embraces the latest fibre optic technologies and offers advanced product recognition capabilities for tracking components throughout the production stages.

Managing Director, Phil Cornell said: “Since our business was established in 2003, we have secured orders from leading names from across all facets of industry.

“We had already been considering expansion – both in terms of work space and personnel, these orders provided the necessary impetus to further build the business and give something back to the borough.”