Jobs boost as firm plans new £14 million plant
ONE of Europe’s leading logistics providers will build a £14 million centre in Rochdale creating new jobs.
Dachser Ltd, which employs 106 people in the town, will replace its existing distribution facility on Chichester Street with a new 5,175 sqm centre at Kingsway Business Park.
Council and business bosses said they are ‘delighted’ the company has chosen Kingsway as their new base and it will ‘create many new jobs for local residents over the next five years’.
Dachser say since the acquisition of J. A. Leach Transport Limited in 2010 their business has grown fivefold, necessitating the warehouse expansion.
The new 3.7 hectare site will include 49 dock loading doors and an internal area of nearly 7,000 sqm with office space.
Gary Atkinson, branch manager at Dachser Rochdale, said: “The Rochdale Logistics Centre is connected to the global Dachser network with daily direct freight services.
“With this new construction, our location in the North of England is evolving into an important hub within Dachser’s European network.
“Ensuring that the new facility remained within Rochdale was an important consideration in the interests of the company’s workforce.
“The location is also optimally situated from a logistics viewpoint on an important artery of the UK’s ‘Northern Powerhouse.”
Nick Richardson, managing director at Wilson Bowden Developments, developer of Kingsway Business Park, said it is ‘another exciting development’ for the area.
He said: “Dachser’s choice of Kingsway as a hub for their North of England operations is testament to the success of the business park which has now attracted four major new occupiers in the last twelve months. We worked with Dachser to ensure that their new facility at Kingsway was carefully designed to meet their bespoke requirements.
“Our main contractor Winvic is already on site and we will provide the company with a state of the art modern logistics facility to move into later this year.”
Councillor John Blundell, cabinet member for regeneration at Rochdale Borough Council, said: “We are delighted that Dachser, which has grown its operations successfully in Rochdale over the last eight years, has chosen Kingsway for its new facility.
“This substantial investment by a global company cements Rochdale’s growing reputation as an ideal place to do businesses. It will also create many new jobs for local residents over the next five years.
“With many speculative builds recently let and 11 new small units coming on stream this spring, it’s clear that Kingsway, one of our many successful business parks, is thriving.”