Derby-based Acres Engineering has achieved record sales for their closing financial year and now their best ever quarter following a series of major contracts in the automotive and aerospace sectors.
The family business, which is located on Castle Lane Industrial Estate, Melbourne, faced significant challenges during Covid, as did the majority of the industry.
However, they are now growing again after a stellar 12 months which has also seen them expand the footprint of their manufacturing and assembly space by a third.
“We are proud of these figures which are the results of tough decisions, prudent planning and ultimately, a huge amount of hard work from everyone on the team,” said MD Luke Parker, speaking at a company-wide briefing to launch their new ‘Vision, Mission and Values’.
Along with the expansion of the facility, there have been a number of role changes across the team and a new apprentice fabricator has joined.
Luke continues: “Acres is a family-firm with a proud history but we are very firmly focused on the future, embracing modern methods and new ways of working which have already helped significantly drive performance and productivity.
“This is more of a repositioning of the business as opposed to a reorganisation and with a very busy autumn ahead in terms of projects, we hope to be announcing further investments in advanced manufacturing and technology later this year.”
