Irvine-based Andrew Wright Windows has created 28 new jobs following recent company growth.
A series of commercial contract wins with house builders, along with increasing enquiries from domestic customers - many driven by the desire to better insulate their homes - have led to new hires being needed.
The new jobs are for joiners and window fitters, administration staff, a domestic installations manager and production operators at its two production facilities in Irvine.
The recruitment will be phased over the next three months.
In parallel with the expansion of its workforce, the company has also recently invested almost £1m in new production equipment and vehicles.
Founded in 1937, Andrew Wright Windows is one of the longest established window manufacturing companies in the UK and one of Irvine’s biggest private employers, currently providing work for around 100 people.
The company manufactures double and triple glazed UPVC windows, with a current annual production capacity of 30,000 units.
Andrew Wright Windows has remained a family business for most of its 85 years history and was acquired by the current owners, the Berry family, in the mid 1990s.
Managing director Charlie Berry said: “We are experiencing a significant uplift in enquiries from householders which, alongside increasing success on the commercial front, has driven this growth in staff to its highest ever level.”
Started in Ayr by Andrew Sloan Wright, among the firm's most prominent early jobs were glazing the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, its role as the main glazing company at the 1938 British Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park and helping to restore Belfast after the 1941 Blitz.
Wright was also chairman of Ayr United FC and was actively involved with the club for over 20 years. Four stained glass windows he gifted to the club remain on display in the club’s boardroom at Somerset Park to this day.
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