Work is underway at the latest phase of Dove Valley Park, the 200-acre industrial and distribution development in Foston, South Derbyshire.Clowes Developments and their professional team including IMA Architects, CDS Engineers, and Savills, acting as Employers Agent, are bringing forward site 10A, a 4,231 sq m plot located on the southern area of Dove Valley Park south of the A50. IMA Architects is providing all architectural services and acting as Principal Designer on the scheme.
The development will see the construction of a new £8m facility that will become the new home of Terinex Flexibles, an OGM Holdings Group company. Terinex Flexibles is a leading supplier of printed flexible packaging films and solutions used within the food, pet food and medical packaging industries.
The 46,000 sq ft, state of the art premises, will feature production, warehousing and research and development facilities. The building will also include advanced sustainable energy systems to recover heat for re-use, and solar panels for generating power to operate the factory. OGM Holdings is aiming to create the most sustainable, low carbon footprint, flexible packaging factory in the UK.
Completion of the building is expected in January 2024 and will bring further employment opportunities to the area.
Dove Valley Park Ltd, a subsidiary of Clowes Developments, has been developing the business park for a number of years and is already home to occupiers including Top Hat, JCB, Müller, Futaba Ltd and GXO.
Marc Freeman, director at Clowes Developments, said: “Dove Valley Park is a fantastic location for logistical enterprises, benefiting from easy access to the A50. The site continues to grow in popularity with occupiers, creating valuable employment opportunities in South Derbyshire.
“We are looking forward to delivering the new site for Terinex Flexibles. Clowes Developments is currently constructing a further 270,000 sq ft across the site which will enhance the existing offering for perspective occupants.”
Jack Mellor, associate at IMA Architects, said: “This is our latest project with Clowes at Dove Valley Park, and we are proud to be playing our part in creating a thriving business location. Being involved in the site, from the planning stage to completion, means we are able to create premises bespoke to the needs of the end user, something that was important to Terinex Flexibles.”
Paul Wightman, group Managing Director of the OGM Group, said: “Our new location for Terinex Flexibles will facilitate the further growth of our business and we are looking forward to adding to our team in South Derbyshire.
“The new site will be more than double the size of our current factory and will accommodate new equipment, our expanding team and increased R&D capabilities to benefit our food, petfood and medical packaging customers.
“Reducing the environmental impact of industry in the UK is both a moral obligation and a business necessity. We aim to build the UK’s best flexible packaging factory with the lowest environmental footprint producing very high quality products. We can’t wait to move in next year.”
