WSC makes £1.2m investment
West Lothian based window and door manufacturer, Window Supply Company (WSC), has announced investment of £1.2m in new machinery, to be commissioned at a dedicated new 105,000ft2 manufacturing plant in central Scotland.
The investment will increase the company’s manufacturing capacity by 250% on top of current volumes.
WSC was established in March 2019 and is said to be the largest and fastest-growing trade manufacturer in Scotland. The latest investments form part of the company’s ambitious growth strategy to expand into new territories and increase its trade customer base currently serviced through its trade counter network.
WSC will relocate its headquarters and manufacturing operations to a dedicated new facility that is reported to be five times the size of the current plant. The site is said to boast a prominent location next to the M8 motorway with easily accessible transport links to WSC branches in Aberdeen, Bellshill, Dundee, Livingston and Loanhead.
The company is looking to hire an additional 60 window and door fabricators to support the expansion, which will bring total employee headcount to over 200. Due to the size and scale of the project, relocation will proceed in staged phases over the coming months.
Two new Avantek fully automatic Supercut 6 machining and cutting centres will be installed and commissioned in the early stages of the relocation. This will take the number of Supercuts at WSC to four.
Duncan Murray, CEO, commented: “Looking back at when we started less than three years ago, it’s incredible to think of the progress we have made, particularly as for two years we have operated under a global pandemic. To continue to expand and service our customers we need the infrastructure and technology in place to future-proof our journey. This move represents our progress to date and will be used as a platform for growth in the next stage of our journey.”