A £4 million investment by Hertel, the Preston Brook-based multi-disciplinary construction and maintenance services company, in a new fabrication workshop in Ellesmere Port has created 20 new jobs and 11 apprentice roles since it opened 12 months ago.
On a visit to the 44,000 sq ft workshop, local MP Andrew Miller welcomed its success: “Hertel is one of the vitally important and successful companies in the local supply chain providing support services to local petro-chemical sites such as Stanlow”.
“They play an invaluable role in creating jobs in the area and it is particularly pleasing to see the opportunities for apprenticeships in these vital skills for the area.”
John Salkeld, Hertel Regional Director, says: “We now have a purpose-built facility with room to expand. Having outgrown our previous workshop we sought out the right location to meet our needs as well as that of our clients.
“Pipelines and specialist fabrications are made at the workshop for refineries and chemical plants in the region and as far afield as Scotland, the South Coast and Teesside.
Hertel has also marked 27 years of working at Mexichem Fluor’s Rocksavage site with a contract extension to provide its range of maintenance services including scaffolding, insulation, asbestos removal, mechanical and civils.
Alan Gosling, Hertel Regional Director, says: “We are delighted to extend our relationship with Mexichem and particularly as this was one of the first contracts undertaken by Hertel when the company was established in the UK.”
Finally, Hertel’s safety record has helped LyondellBasel in Carrington achieve more than three years and a million man hours without a recordable incident. The company has worked at the site for more than 18 years and is responsible for insulation, scaffolding, painting, civil and building maintenance.
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