24.02.2009

Street Crane expands facilities

Crane and hoist manufacturer Street Crane Company is expanding its Chapel-en-le-Frith facilities. The £750,000 investment is aimed at improving workflow and expand the production area by 30 percent.
New facilities include a new reception area for steel plate and improved despatch facilities. The machine shops and hoist works have streamlined production and additional design offices have been provided.
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The £750,000 expansion will improve workflow and add 30 percent to the production area

To meet immediate production space needs in the main factory, the company has leased additional warehouse space to relocate its parts storage and some CNC machines. Plans are being prepared for the next development phase, including transfer of hoist production to a new dedicated facility and for new hoist test facilities.

Street Crane says it expects around 20 new jobs to be created in the expanded factory, of which many will be design engineers to support the intensive hoist development programme.

Commenting on the expansion, managing director Andrew Pimblett said, “Lean production has been a way of life at Street Crane for many years. From a constrained site we have been able to produce up to 400 cranes per year and over 2000 hoists. The new facilities will permit better workflow and boost productivity at a time when we are experiencing exceptional levels of interest worldwide in our factory cranes, hoists and crane components.”