Greater than 40 jobs have been created in Uddingston following a significant refit of one among Scotland’s largest meals ingredient producers.
Macphie’s Tannochside facility has restarted full-scale manufacturing for the primary time because it moved all operations to its Glenbervie headquarters close to Stonehaven in mid-2020.
The North Lanarkshire facility has been stripped again to the bricks earlier than a £4 million refit and structure change that can now allow it so as to add new strains over the approaching months as a part of main enterprise development plans.
Andy Stapley, chief govt with Macphie, instructed Lanarkshire Stay: “That is our greatest ever funding programme at Tannochside since we acquired the location in 2000 and is a present of our long-term dedication to the area.
“The power is on the very leading edge and is permitting us to ship high quality that shines by.”
The 25,000 sq ft facility will see the manufacturing of frozen ice cream to produce multinational manufacturers.
Funding in tools, together with state-of-the-art manufacturing strains and end-of-line packaging equipment will allow it to compete for and ship additional contracts within the ice cream and frozen dessert market.
Andy added: “This funding has enabled us to create and fill 40 new jobs in part of the nation that has skilled quite a lot of everlasting manufacturing unit closure.
“That is solely the beginning of it too.
"We anticipate manufacturing to develop quickly over the subsequent 12 months and that can see us persevering with to create new jobs in a broad vary of positions.”
Macphie is an internationally famend elements producer that was established in 1928 and now employs greater than 250 folks throughout its three websites.
The agency has grown from its roots as a craft baker into an elements provider price over £60m, supplying international meals manufacturers, family title companies and the wholesale sector.
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