More than 60 jobs in the Black Country and southwest have been safeguarded following the purchase of a critical supplier to the nuclear and defence sector. The rapidly expanding Clarity Group has purchased NDB Engineering and sister company Cofast from administrators in a deal that will provide security and fresh investment for robotics and a host of productivity improvements.

The business will trade as Cofast going forward and is setting its sights on leveraging new financial backing to attack multi-million-pound opportunities in decommissioning and big domestic naval projects. There is also significant potential to take its technical expertise and precision engineering performance into the aerospace supply chain, a market that demands safety-critical products.

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