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Aero Engine Controls invest £60m in Solihull headquarters

Aero Engine Controls has announced it will invest £60m in new headquarters in Solihull, as planning permission has been granted by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

AEC, currently based at Hall Green in Birmingham, has already begun the selection process to find a main contractor to start building the new headquarters later this year.

It is anticipated that about 70 construction jobs will be created during the build of the new facility.

The firm will start re-locating over 1,100 West Midlands AEC staff to their new state-of-the-art facility during 2014.

The 250,000 sq ft building will incorporate technology, design, development, manufacturing and testing capabilities, with associated expansion space.

Simon Burr, CEO of AEC said: “We’re delighted our planning application has been approved. This is fantastic news for everybody at AEC and we can now look towards growing the business for the future.

“The support we have received from Solihull Council has been tremendous. With such a large and complex project such as this, it’s vital that everyone works together to ensure everything proceeds smoothly – and that is exactly what has happened for us.”

Welcoming the news, Caroline Spelman, MP Meriden, said: “This is good news for the Meriden constituency and the wider West Midlands region showing the confidence of business to invest in the potential of our area with its history of skilled manufacturing and convenient location.”

Councillor Ken Meeson, Leader of Solihull MBC added “Solihull has a world-renowned reputation as a centre of excellence for advanced engineering so it’s great news for the Borough that AEC is building their new headquarters here.

“We are delighted to welcome AEC to the growing number of successful businesses, who have chosen to locate in Solihull.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .