A manufacturing group has invested almost £2 million into its operations in Birmingham.
Grayson Thermal Systems, which employs over 250 people at three sites in the city, said the investment would support its plans to capitalise on a 25 per cent rise in orders and increasing demand for its zero-emission vehicle products.
The company, which is headquartered in Tyseley, designs, manufactures and supplies driveline cooling and heating and air conditioning products to low-volume vehicle industries.
It has installed its first ever in-house thermal chamber which it said allowed it to perform validations and product demonstrations at extremely low and high ambient temperatures, giving customers the confidence systems would perform before they begun fitting them.
European sales manager Matthew Hateley said: "R&D and continued investment in the latest manufacturing facilities is so important to our business and gives us the ability to compete with international rivals all over the world.
"We are dealing with some of the largest companies in on-highway, off-highway and rail sectors and our role has been to listen to the challenges they face and then, in turn, deliver thermal management solutions that overcome these issues.
"A significant investment has been made on acquiring an in-house thermal chamber and this is a real gamechanger.
"This is a critical piece of equipment for our new product development programme as it will also give us the opportunity to optimise existing systems and deliver new opportunities across a variety of key markets."
