New factory and extra jobs promise from Ener-G

The company says the new facility means it can increase production of combined heat and power (CHP) and biogas generator units by 50% to meet global orders. Last year Ener-G doubled its original manufacturing space by opening a second factory in Salford and it has now trebled its original manufacturing space to 34,000 sq ft, by converting an adjacent building. Ener-G will train its factory team in lean manufacturing techniques to introduce smarter working practices and processes in the interests of increasing efficiency and ensuring faster turnaround of customer orders. Initial growth will be absorbed by existing staff, but new jobs will be created as production increases further. The company will also recruit more service engineers to expand its 90-strong installation and maintenance team and a dedicated training centre is being built within the new premises. Ener-G’s CHP systems create electricity and heat simultaneously and claim to reduce carbon emissions by around 20% while cutting electricity costs by approximately one third. Meanwhile, as part of its growth strategy, Ener-G’s energy-from-waste business Energos has recently moved its UK offices from Salford to Warrington to provide more space for the company’s Salford head office staff of more than 300 people. Energos is also expanding, growing from 18 people in 2004 to 62 today and expects to create a further 50 full-time jobs over the next two years between its UK and Norwegian operations. The business offers a clean energy recovery from waste solution – using advanced thermal conversion technology - that provides a best practice alternative to mass-burn incineration and a commercially proven alternative to landfill. Energos, which has recently opened one of its clean energy recovery facilities on the Isle of Wight and has six other plants in Europe, is currently rolling out its advanced conversion process throughout the UK. It will start construction on new facilities in Scotland, Lincolnshire, Merseyside and Newport over the next 12 months - with further developments planned in Londonderry and Derbyshire. Another facility is already under construction in Sarpsborg, Norway. Ener-G also has offices in Pendleton, Salford, which is home to part of its Energy Management division. Derek Duffill, group managing director, said: “Ener-G is a fine example of UK engineering and technological excellence. Our innovative products and services are in demand across the globe – fuelling our ongoing growth and reflected in our turnover of £90 million which has grown four-fold over the past six years. We have 701 employees worldwide and operating companies in the UK, Hungary, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway and Poland, plus joint ventures in South Africa, Mexico and Spain.”