Gatwick Airport A SCOTTISH steelwork specialist has hailed the acquisition of a crane manufacturing company and a planned £6 million investment in the site. Ayrshire-based J & D Pierce expects to create about 100 jobs in late 2021 after buying out the former Konecranes factory in South Lanarkshire. J & D Pierce has agreed to purchase the 300,000 sq ft plant along with 14 acres of yard space at the College Milton site in East Kilbride for an undisclosed sum. Recruitment will soon take place for both manufacturing and office staff, and it is expected some of the workers made redundant from the site in the last year will apply.
Media release: J & D Pierce purchase Konecranes plant in long-term manufacturing deal
STRUCTURAL steelwork contractor, J & D Pierce, has secured an agreement with Finnish firm, Konecranes, to purchase its East Kilbride-based operation.
Managing director, Derek Pierce, negotiated the deal, which will see 100 jobs created by the end of 2021.
In August last year, 2020, the firm announced that they needed to “fix the lack of profitability” at the College Milton site and were looking to “protect [the company’s] long-term future”.
J & D Pierce has purchased the 300,000 square foot plant along with 14 acres of yard space.
Recruitment will soon take place for both manufacturing and office staff.
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