Engineering firm’s Lybster base set to expand with help of HIE grant
THE Caithness divison of AMC Engineering Ltd is set to expand with the erection of a new workshop at its site near Lybster.
The firm, whose head office is at Findon just outside Aberdeen, has been given a grant of £76,250 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise to carry out the work.
Managing director Andrew Polson, who hails from Caithness and whose parents still live on the family croft at Smerlie next door to the company’s workshops, explained the skill and application of the local workforce was a key factor in deciding to site the new workshop in the North.
He said: "HIE’s support was crucial in helping us go ahead with this development, which wouldn’t have happened without their assistance. The work we do, manufacturing a range of high-precision torque equipment for the global oil and gas industry, is highly specialised and it is a tribute to the quality of the Caithness workforce that we have decided to locate this investment here.
"The project will help us supply our new sales and service base in Houston, Texas, and set us up for our further expansion into the Pacific rim and the Middle East."
