Construction group completes new £18m manufacturing plant in Huddersfield

A Yorkshire construction firm has announced the completion of a new manufacturing plant in Huddersfield.

GMI Construction Group, based in Leeds, has completed a new 118,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Huddersfield, which has been purpose-built for hose manufacturer Aflex Hose.

The new 3-storey facility, which is worth £18m and took 52 weeks to build, has been specifically designed to accommodate the company’s bespoke processes.

Lee Powell, GMI’s divisional managing director, said: “This project presented several challenges due to the highly bespoke nature of Aflex’s manufacturing processes and requirements not just now but into the future.

“Working closely together, GMI were able to design a state of the art, built to suit facility that is entirely geared to the company’s capacity requirements.

“With the facility achieving PC on time despite experiencing various challenges during construction the completion of this project represents a notable achievement for everyone involved.

“We would like to thank and congratulate every member of the project team for another fantastic result of which we are all notably proud.

“The completion of this project follows other notable successes GMI has been involved in across the manufacturing sector over the past 12 months including the completion of a 126,000 sq ft Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (CESAM) for Henry Boot Developments which has subsequently been transformed into a temporary Nightingale hospital for the NHS to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic”.