County Durham manufacturing group expands with £400k investment and 30 new jobs

County Durham based The Apex Group is investing over £400k in new machinery and creating 30 new roles as it continues its expansion both nationally and overseas.

The investment comes just two years after Apex invested £500k creating the UK’s first specialist prefabricated utility cupboard production line, forming Apex Core.

Apex managing director, David Lewis, said: “The world has changed, the way we do business has changed and the way our customers operate continues to change, and what we have done is successfully adapt to this change.

“The Core units and Apex Wiring Solution’s modular wiring enables socially-distanced installation, Artech’s product performance and efficiencies continue to improve, as we all do our bit to address the global climate crisis and we are continually upgrading our IT systems to ensure all of our internal processes are streamlined and responsive.

“I also believe businesses must make an effort to “Buy British”, not only to aid the economic bounce back, but avoid additional issues around importing products from overseas, which include the obvious reduction in carbon emissions and the creation of manufacturing jobs in the UK. Looking “local” has both economic and environmental benefits.”

Artech Lighting is also making significant investment, purchasing a second paint plant, press brake, profile roller and punch tool, as well as substantial upgrades to its IT network.

Managing director of Artech, Stuart Hylton, said: “Work has steadily increased throughout the past two years, but we have seen a real upsurge in recent months across all three of our businesses.

“The new investment will help us ramp up manufacturing across the entire Artech range, ensuring we keep all production in-house and continue to create even more high-value jobs here in the North East.”

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