Accrol Group to create 80 jobs at new 168,000 sq ft Leyland factory

Tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings plc this morning (September 2) announced that it has reached an agreement to establish a manufacturing facility in Lancashire, creating around 80 new jobs.

The deal, struck with the county council’s economic development arm Lancashire County Developments (Property) Ltd, will see the AIM-listed firm move into a 168,000 sq ft centre in Leyland.

Once operational, the South Ribble base will support Accrol’s continued growth with both discount retailers and ‘major multiples’. The company’s manufacturing brand, Accrol Papers, makes toilet paper, kitchen towels and other paper-based goods.

Initially, the facility will house two high-speed tissue-converting lines that Accrol bought in April 2016, with potential to install a further two converting lines in future.

Additionally, the site will be used as warehousing space for the storage of finished goods.

The installation and commissioning of the first two lines will be carried out in late 2016. Manufacturing due to start in January.

The CEO of Blackburn-headquartered Accrol, Steve Crossley, said: “This additional capacity underlines our strategy of investment ahead of growth in state-of-the-art machinery and facilities.

“It will position Accrol to benefit from underlying organic growth in the discount sector and enable further growth with the major multiples.”

He added: “At the same time, we will focus on improving efficiency at the existing Blackburn sites to further increase our total capacity.”