Successful Heywood company opens new production line

The Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift and Susanne Etchells visited the offices and manufacturing facilities of GJD to formally open a new production line. The ceremony included a tour the factory and a chance to meet with staff on 6 November.

Based in Heywood, GJD are industry leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of professional exterior detection equipment.

Julie Evans from The Rochdale Development Agency, Nick Dale from Recruitment and Training Employment Links, Yvonne Grady and Elaine Allcroft from Business Link attended the opening ceremony which featured the illuminating of a unique electronic back-lit plaque at the entrance to the new production line.

During the opening ceremony, the Mayor expressed his pleasure at celebrating a regional production success story and said that GJD's expansion represented excellent news for the region, demonstrating manufacturing growth together with wealth and job creation in the most difficult of recessionary times.

GJD continues to refine and develop new, innovative products and has been exporting an increasing volume of its production over the last four years. These increased levels of output, together with the recent acquisition of a major, new, long-term contract for an international client have necessitated the building of a complete new production line together with increased staffing levels.