New multi-million pound robotics facility set to create 70 jobs

Work is underway to fit out a new multi-million pound robotics design and manufacturing facility in Yorkshire.

The fit-out has begun on industrial robotics specialist Sewtec Automation’s 75,000 sq ft site at Silkwood Park in Wakefield.

As part of the company’s ongoing growth and transformation strategy, the firm has signed a 15-year lease on the building near junction 40 of the M1, which is more than double the size of its current premises in Dewsbury and Wakefield combined.

Sewtec Automation anticipates that following the fit-out, the new site will create an additional 70 jobs.

Sewtec Automation managing director, Mark Cook, commented: “Demand for our inventive and highly effective approach to automation continues to grow worldwide.

“With work now underway at our new facility, the next stage of Sewtec Automation’s transformation is almost upon us and we are all motivated and excited by the new opportunities our new facility will deliver.

“Our investment, combined with the support of the LEP and Wakefield Council, means we will be in the optimum position for further expansion and job creation as soon as we move in.”