Canadian-owned process engineering and consulting firm GMP Engineering has secured new offices for its European HQ at The Globe in Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire.
The acquisition is intended to be a supply chain bridge, for now predominantly to serve a $1.3 billion cancer treatment project in north American and to develop further ties to Europe.
With its global headquarters in Toronto and further premises in New Jersey, USA, GMP Engineering selected the UK as a prime location to support its Europewide growth plans. It currently has an expert team of four with plans to become a self-sustaining entity with a team of around 15 over the next five years.
Michael Mellor, the Director leading the UK office at GMP said: “With an existing clientele of medical and life sciences related practices in the building we’ve moved into, we are in good company, but the location and connectivity aspect were most appealing. Proximity to the M62 corridor, by rail or road, gives us good access to most of our network of vendors in Leeds, Bolton and Liverpool and throughout the UK
“Of course, the Mill building itself is impressive, providing a light and airy, state of the art workspace of historical importance in the ‘up and coming’ village of Slaithwaite is really great for the wellbeing of our team.
“We are excited to represent GMP Engineering and our containment subject matter expertise to the UK and Europewide market for this pharmaceutical industry.”
The Globe is a landmark site in the village of Slaithwaite which is a fast-emerging location for medical enterprise in Kirklees. Hartley Property Trust Ltd, in partnership with Kirklees Council has invested more than £ 6.5 million to repurpose the first of two significant mill buildings to provide 80,000 sq ft of innovation space. All five floors have now been transformed to provide a state-of-the-art innovation centre, laboratory space, medical suites, offices and retail space as well as an atmospheric Artisan Hall.
