A North Wales distribution firm is expanding its capacity to accommodate growth plans in a £1m investment. The additional warehouse space for McCarthy Group, based at the Wrexham Industrial Estate, will create space for an extra 4,000 pallets.
The investment will also create a further 10 jobs at the firm which currently employs 75. As well as increasing capacity by 18,000 square feet at its Elm Point HQ, the company will also be doubling the size of its truck parking yard.
The expansion comes just four years after the firm’s existing warehouse and office complex was opened. The business caters for dozens of daily shipments and provides storage space for companies across the UK and works for clients from as far afield as Turkey. Its expansion plan also includes taking on contract packaging work.
Having already gained an AA rating from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the centre last year also secured accreditation to store organic food.
Managing director Mike McCarthy said: “We are extremely busy because there’s increased demand for high quality warehousing, particularly facilities with food grade accreditation like we have.
“We are BRC AA grade and that’s just an automatic tick in the box for people to see we are reaching a gold standard. Securing the accreditation to store organic food has also been an advantage because it underlines the quality of what we can offer.
“The opening of the first phase at Elm Point has paid dividends because it’s enabled us to attract new customers and that’s created a momentum of its own. It’s been a massive asset and the new extension will help us to build on that success.
“We have a range of blue chip customers from across the UK and farther afield – our client portfolio includes a packaging firm from Turkey and we’re looking to target more customers from Europe.
“We hope our expansion programme is going to generate 10 new jobs which will be good news for the local economy.”
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