Wiltshire-based specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber has won an order worth $33m (£19.6m) from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for 135,000 of its M50 protection masks. The order is an extension of an earlier contract with the Pentagon under which Melksham-based Avon has supplied the masks for use by the US armed forces and...
Trade and investment minister Lord Livingston has been given a glimpse of Swindon and Wiltshire’s innovation and global ambitions on his first visit to the county. He met four local companies with international growth plans during a day-long visit – waste recovery specialist Tetronics International in South Marston, bespoke furniture business Canburg in Devizes,...
Aviation industry bosses from around the world will gather at Cotswold Airport later this month to see a live demonstration of a revolutionary new piece of equipment that can recover crashed aircraft. AMS Systems Engineering, which has a unique demonstration facility at the airport near Kemble, will put the turntable through its paces at...
Eleven firms have received grant funding worth a total of £348,000 from the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to spur their growth and boost employment. According to the LEP, the funding – the second round of its Gateway for Growth grant scheme – will inject £10m into the local economy and create...
Shares in Chippenham-based specialist software and IT group SciSys, best known for its work in the space sector, dipped today despite it issuing an upbeat statement at its AGM. The group, which supplies highly-complex systems to the global space, defence and media industries, told shareholders it was making further profitable progress and was on...
Chippenham-based specialised pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma today told shareholders it is continuing to look for acquisition targets on which to spend some of its £20m-plus war chest. The firm, which buys underperforming drugs brands and realises their potential through investment, has an acquisition bank facility of more than £20m. In January it acquired thyroid...
GWP, Cricklade-based specialist packaging group, has appointed two designers to its in-house structural design team, enabling it to offer further product and packaging design capabilities. Ryan Perrington joins as a packaging designer and Tom Wilkie as a trainee product designer. GWP, along with other firms in the industry, has been hit by a decline...
West food businesses must embrace innovation and explore new markets for export if they are to succeed, a major conference in the region was told. The topics formed the two key themes at the Future of Food event staged by accountants Smith & Williamson at yogurt maker Yeo Valley’s headquarters in Blagdon, near Bristol....
Synergy Health, the Swindon-based outsourced sterilisation services group, has strengthened its business across Europe with the acquisition of Italian firm Bioster for €29.0m (£23.6m). Bioster operates ethylene oxide and electron beam sterilisation plants in Italy, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, providing sterilisation services to the medical device, pharmaceutical and packaging industries. It also operates...
The Business Show Swindon, which took place today at the town’s STEAM museum, was hailed a major success with around 1,000 small business owners attending and all 90 exhibition stands sold. The show has been staged for the past four years but organisers Business West, which run the Swindon & Wiltshire Initiative, proclaimed this...
