{"id":1063,"date":"2011-03-03T16:25:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zaun\/1063\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:03:40","slug":"5m-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/5m-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister opens new \u00a35m factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly-appointed Minister for Trade &amp; Investment, Lord Green, has officially opened our new factory which has doubled our&nbsp;manufacturing capability and created 40 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Green opened the 50,000 sq ft factory at Zaun on yesterday&#8217;s Steel Drive, Wolverhampton. The \u00a35 million factories will allow Zaun, which produces fencing for high security and commercial applications, to meet the increasing demand for its products. Demand in the high-security market, in particular, has been rising due to an increased importance placed upon protecting the UK\u2019s critical national infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><a data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/\">Zaun<\/a> supplies fences to small and large customers, including schools, railways, leisure facilities and high-security premises. The company has worked with UK Trade &amp; Investment on exporting to France and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/mesh-fencing-middle-east\/\" title=\"Miles of mesh in Middle East desert\">Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/lord-green\/\" title=\"Lord Green opens Zaun\u2019s new manufacturing facility\">Lord Green<\/a> said: \u201cWe have an ambition in this country to turn around our export performance so that the British economy is dependent on exports to world markets rather than reliant on demand at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be a marathon and not a sprint. But we have a great deal of talent in a lot of <a data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/fencing-sector\/\" title=\"Industry report showcases growing importance of fencing sector\">industry sectors<\/a> in the UK, and we are starting from a position of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe advanced engineering sector, in particular, is a good example of an area where there are thousands of SMEs in the supply chain, which are exporting overseas and winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/increased-security\/\" title=\"Why growing businesses need increased security\">business in growing<\/a> markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year West Midlands companies exported \u00a316.7 billion to countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Painter, joint managing director at <a data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/\">Zaun<\/a>, said: \u201cDespite the recession, we have managed to grow our business year on year, which is testament to our workforce, innovative product range, service and manufacturing expertise. This new facility will further increase our productivity, boost job opportunities in the area and help retain <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/about-us\/mesh-manufacturer\/\"  title=\"manufacturing\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">manufacturing<\/a> in the UK and provide a firm foundation for expansion into international markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to the West Midlands, Lord Green also met local business people at Delcam in Birmingham and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/springboard-for-success\/\" title=\"Zaun attends Springboard for Success industry networking event\">attended a Meet the Buyer event<\/a> aimed at aerospace companies. More than 20 buyers worldwide attended the event to do business with West <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/made-in-the-midlands\/\" title=\"Zaun becomes Made in the Midlands member\">Midlands<\/a> companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly-appointed Minister for Trade &#038; Investment, Lord Green, has officially opened a new factory which has doubled the manufacturing capability of a Wolverhampton firm and created 40 new jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u00a35m Factory Opened by Minister | Lord Green | News | Zaun Ltd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister opens new \u00a35m factory. 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