Specialist design and manufacturing business Aero Engine Controls is to move to a £60m advanced manufacturing and technology facility at Birmingham Business Park.
AEC, a 50:50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Goodrich Corporation, plans to move to a 24 acre site at the Goodman-owned business park in Solihull.
It will incorporate a new 250,000 sq ft technology, design, development, manufacturing and testing facility, with associated expansion space.
The move will see more than 1,100 AEC West Midlands-based staff re-locating from Shaftmoor Lane and York Road, Birmingham, into the new state-of-the-art facility from 2014.
A planning application for the new facility will be submitted during the spring.
Simon Burr, CEO of AEC said: “Having our Birmingham design and manufacturing operations under one roof, combined with more space and a state-of-the-art facility will allow us to be much more efficient and strengthen our ability to attract employees.
“We have a long history in the area and I am looking forward to meeting with local people as we look to make Birmingham Business Park our long-term home.”
James Raven, development director for Goodman’s UK business parks, said: “This is tremendous news which represents a significant stepping stone in the ongoing process in the development of this major new facility.”
Corporate Property Advisers advises AEC.
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