Town’s new digital business centre welcomes its first tenant, TÜV SÜD
A TECHNOLOGY company has become the first tenant to move into the new digital business centre DMC 02.
TÜV SÜD’s machinery division, which supplies specialist testing and compliance services to industry, has taken on premium office space at the newly refurbished £ 1.7m building in Barnsley.
DMC 02 stands close to established business centre DMC 01 and both form part of Barnsley’s newly- launched digital campus, The Seam.
TÜV SÜD has leased a 1,270 sq ft office with a curved panoramic frontage and will use this space as their new UK Machinery division headquarters, transferring from Billingham in the North East.
The move is the first step in a five- year plan through which the firm anticipates doubling turnover, creating seven to eight new jobs in Barnsley and recruiting engineering apprentices to join its nationwide workforce.
Lee Ray, operations manager at TÜV SÜD, said: “We chose to move to DMC 02 because it provides us with a great location and a real uplift in our environment. On top of that, we’re very excited about joining the thriving community of digital tech innovation here.
“A key part of our growth strategy is to develop our expertise in smart technology, so that we can continue to help our customers embrace Industry 4.0 opportunities and develop secure, sustainable and performance- enhancing machinery. We feel DMC 02 is the perfect springboard for this next stage of our business story.”
TÜV SÜD’s decision to move was accelerated by the Covid- 19 outbreak, rather than delayed by it. Mr Ray said: “We were looking to move before the outbreak but the pandemic actually speeded up that process. In a way it has turbo- charged the need for all businesses to invest in connected devices, automation and robotics as they navigate the new norms of more remote working, social distancing in the workplace and the ongoing need to adapt to the digital revolution.”
DMC 02 is the perfect springboard for this next stage of our story. Lee Ray, operations manager at TÜV SÜD.