ENGINEERING and services company Lister has expanded its Worcestershire presence after outgrowing its existing site in Redditch.
The business is organised into four main activities  listersupplies, listerfluidpower, listertube and listersubcontract. Expansion of the tube side over the past six months meant its operations in Bartleet Street on the town's Washford Industrial Estate were in danger of over-spilling capacity and the decision was made to switch the industrial supplies arm there into new facilities, taking 3,812 sq ft of extra factory/warehouse space in nearby Heming Road, adding a small number of additional jobs to the 150-strong workforce.
Ray Bessell, general manager of Lister, which has its headquarters and national distribution centre at Sandwell Industrial Estate in Spon Lane, Smethwick, said: ÂAdditional business meant more machinery and so we had to do something. Five of the team are now based at Heming Road including an additional warehouse person and we have taken on six more people at Bartleet Street.Â
The deal was facilitated by property agents John Truslove and director Ben Truslove said: "Lister is a great example of a family business, building a modern and go-ahead concern on the foundations of a long and proud heritage. Redditch has many manufacturing and service companies and this move by Lister on the popular Washford estate is another example of how vital the sector is to the town and how the town embraces the needs of the sector. Every new job counts.Â
