Adrian Brooks, managing director of LiteStructures in the UK and chairman of LiteStructures RO, said: "We have a highly skilled workforce in Wakefield and the factory has benefited from significant investment over the past two years. Manufacturing standard products in Romania means that the UK operation will be able to concentrate on higher margin, specialist construction, while continuing to supply standard products to the UK market. It also means we can maintain our flexibility, something which our clients have grown to value over the years."
LiteStructures set up a German sales operation just over five years ago, which more recently formed a rental operation along the same lines as the already successful rental arm in the UK. Ralf Kortmann, managing director of LiteStructures Germany, commented: "We are maintaining the high quality of LiteStructures products by initially assigning our most experienced operator to oversee operations in Romania, while our welding manager will visit the factory on a regular basis. The joint venture will give our business in Germany a tremendous boost, while ensuring there are no delays in customers' deliveries."
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
