Auto engineering and vehicle safety firm SM UK has expanded its operations with a £3 million investment into a new workshop.
The company has opened a new conversion workshop in Staffordshire a year after launching its first in Leeds where it is also headquartered.
The new centre in Tamworth will enable SM UK clients in the region to undergo vehicle safety and CCTV system installations and has capacity for up to 24 trucks.
SM UK said its initial workforce of ten was set to grow quickly, with a raft of new hires and an apprenticeship programme planned for the coming months.
The new facility will provide bespoke fit-out and conversion services for SM UK's customers which include commercial vehicle manufacturers and distributors such as Mercedes and Volvo and tradespeople.
Managing director Steve MacDonald said: "Our northern conversion centre in Leeds has proved a huge success in the year since it launched, enabling us to collect and work on customers' vehicles in a professional and modern environment without taking up time and space at their own premises.
"We're opening the new Midlands centre on the same model as our Leeds workshop.
"We are extremely well located for the Leicester, Birmingham and Northampton areas and we hope to attract new clients in the region as we grow."
SM UK was established by Mr MacDonald in 2000 and now employs 62 people.
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