Legrand opts for Northumberland
The French industrial giant is to open a 40,000 sq ft electronics manufacturing hub in Cramlington, expecting to be operational by April 2025.
UK Land Estates’ Nelson Park industrial estate will house the development.
Legrand UK & Ireland said the move will bring 200 jobs to the area and launch the latest electronics manufacturing centre of excellence for the group in Europe.
The business has been manufacturing in the UK since 1980, and now has six sites across the territory.
Cramlington will be home to Legrand’s CP Electronics lighting controls and Legrand Care brands, offering the specialist in electrical and digital infrastructures a facility in an area close to the clean energy sector and associated skills base.
The firm said that the purpose-built site is designed to optimise processes, capability, efficiency and sustainability. It will be home to new manufacturing technologies, with increased digitisation of the manufacturing process and will boast a wide range of sustainable features, including solar PV.
The facility is consented, and will feature a 17,000 sq ft service yard and 107 car parking spaces.
Pascal Stutz, chief executive, Legrand UK & Ireland, said: “The opening of our new Cramlington facility underscores our confidence in the UK’s manufacturing sector and particularly in the skilled workforce in the North East.
“Legrand has been a proud UK manufacturer for more than 40 years. During this time, the company has grown its expertise to become a trusted partner to contractors, specifiers, wholesalers, installers, facilities managers and building occupants, through our extensive catalogue of products, training opportunities and support services.”
Tim Witty, development director at UK Land Estates, added: “This is an incredibly exciting project, and we are delighted to welcome Legrand to the region.
“We constantly invest in our portfolio, and Legrand’s new state of the art base on Nelson Park Industrial Estate delivers the highest possible energy efficiency standards as well as offering space for the global business to grow and flourish here in the North East.”
