The CEO of Northumberland engineering specialist Universal Wolf has revealed the firm’s plans to double its workforce with 160 more staff in the next five years.
Universal Wolf, based in Blyth, carries out complex sheet metalwork fabrication for a range of industries, creating structures for sectors including agriculture, industry and security. Part of major employer Tharsus, the firm’s CEO Tim Rutter, who joined from Hitachi in January, says the firm has seen huge growth in orders in recent months, placing its products at the heart of many strategic machines that power day-to-day life.
He said the firm is, like most other businesses, tackling the challenges of inflationary pressures and energy price rises, but said the challenges are also serving up opportunities. As a result, the company is now working with a record number of new customers, triggering a recruitment drive that will see its workforce double.
