A LONG established Worcestershire metal pressings company is investing more than £250,000 to keep it an industry leader.

Samuel Taylor Limited, which operates from Arthur Street, Redditch, is commissioning a new multislide press to increase its production capacity for terminal blocks and circuit breaker components.

The precious metal contacts and precision metal pressings specialist is also introducing new automated box packing equipment and camera technology, which will allow extended manufacturing through evenings and weekends for the high volume quantities. Samuel Taylor was founded more than 100 years and is still family owned. Its policy of reinvesting in the business is part of the reason for its longevity.

Carl Siviter, sales manager said: "The business has made steady investments in its history, to ensure that we remain globally competitive and we continue on this proven path.The majority of ST's current turnover is non-automotive based, but this year see’s the start of an internal project to achieve TS16949, both to penetrate automotive markets and to generate cost down efficiencies in the business. It is planned to have this in place by early next year. The automotive sector is a very competitive market. and if you get things right at the input side you don’t have to correct them later.”