Engineering firm turns 50 with growth on the radar

A Perth- based engineering firm is celebrating five decades i n business by mapping out a growth plan that is set to include “strategic” acquisitions.

Edwards Engineering has some 60 staff and a client base that spans the food and drink, manufacturing, agricultural and construction sectors.

I t expects t o ramp up annual turnover from the current £ 7. 5 milli on t o £ 20m within the next three years. Part of that growth will involve “aggressively seeking new skills and c a p a c i t y v i a s t r a t e g i c acquisitions”.

C h i e f e x e c u t i v e B e n Carter, whose career has included roles at Rio Tinto and Babcock, and hails f r o m, c o i n c i d e n t a l l y, Perth, in Western Australia, said: “We want to steadily grow the Edwards business and to make selective acquisitions in the engineering sector UK- wide.”