One of the UK’s major manufacturers, fabricators and installers of access products – Teesside based Lionweld Kennedy – is making a £1.5m investment in its site and machinery as the company breaks ground on a new multipurpose building and installs the UK’s first shearing machine for steel grating. The investment will see the business further consolidate its position as one of the region’s largest employers. With the installation of a shear grating machine Lionweld expects to increase the production capacity of its Safegrid gratings by over 40%, while simultaneously eliminating all waste production associated with cutting. For more information www.lk-uk.com