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Stiller Warehousing and Distribution in new business surge

Newton Aycliffe family business Stiller Warehousing and Distribution is experiencing a surge in new business after developing unused areas of land on its 20 acre site.

That includes its new 40,000 sq ft, 5,000-pallet warehouse which it opened last year at a cost of £1.1m, which is also full to capacity and is being used mainly by local packaging companies.

Stiller is now planning to construct another new warehouse, expected to be completed later this year, to sit alongside its new facility and which will further increase its storage footprint.

But in order to make space for the new development, Stiller is spending £60,000 on creating two new external storage areas totalling 32,000 sq ft to accommodate industrial materials which need to be stored outside.

The two plots, each 16,000 sq ft in size, will store heavy tooling, machinery and metal storage crates for local customers including neighbouring car parts manufacturer Gestamp Tallent.

Commercial manager Matthew Stiller said: “We have to develop the two disused areas so we can relocate and expand our existing external storage space.

“It’s mainly for heavy industrial use, and a lot of the space will be taken up by Gestamp Tallent, which will use it to store heavy presses they use in their press shop to form their sub-frames.

“It’s certainly another sign that Aycliffe Business Park continues to grow and expand. Our neighbours are running out of space and that’s when they come to us for additional storage.

“In turn we’re looking at the unused areas of our site and developing them so we can accommodate the growing needs of the business park and its tenants.”

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