A huge deal for a new factory has completed on the back of a Hull manufacturer winning its biggest ever contract.
Paneltex is now taking on a new 140,000 sq ft site at Newport after securing the work to produce cargo boxes for a new electric vehicle brand. The move was first revealed in October, when a lease was agreed.
Volta Trucks awarded the contract to the £74 million turnover company, renowned for producing refrigerated supermarket delivery vehicles, earlier last year. It is aiming to create 240 new jobs - upping the workforce by more than a third to 900.
