Industrial service provider Eriks has invested more than £500,000 in its specialist sealing and polymer technology centre in Barnsley, increasing capacity and creating jobs. The company has invested in four new machines at its Oakwell View production operation, and made significant improvements to the warehouse facility. This programme of tactical expenditure has created five new permanent jobs, taking Eriks’ Barnsley team to 85 in total.

Costing more than £120,000, a new Taurus 300 steel-to-steel press is among the arrivals as Eriks sees growth in the use of high-value sheet materials such as nickel-reinforced graphite and silicon-impregnated glass fibres. These materials require a high closure force per unit length. Further investments include a £190,000 CPC-BT60 travelling-head press, a Kiss-Cut ABC60 press and an Infinite 6010 CNC router.
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