19 June 2014
Portakabin Sees 19 Per Cent Rise in Orders in the Manufacturing Sector
The upturn in UK manufacturing has seen increasing demand for new buildings from Portakabin, the UK's leading modular building manufacturer.
UK manufacturing output rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year in April according to the Office for National Statistics, its fastest pace in three years.
The latest snapshot survey of business conditions in engineering and manufacturing companies by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, describes the manufacturing sector as having "started 2014 with a bang", with the sector growing 1.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the strongest quarterly growth since 2010. This was the fourth consecutive quarter of growth.
Regionally, Yorkshire and Humber, home to the Portakabin Group's international headquarters, was the second strongest area, with 50 per cent of companies saying output had increased.
Portakabin has seen a 19 per cent rise in orders from the manufacturing sector in the last nine months. Recent projects have included a state-of-the-art research facility for the new International Institute for Nanocomposite Manufacturing at WMG at the University of Warwick and a 3,500m² interim office complex for Jaguar Land Rover, where rapid growth prompted the need for high-quality interim office accommodation for the car manufacturer's sales and design teams.
Derek Carter, Chief Executive of the Portakabin Group, said, "Manufacturing has a vital role to play in the economic well-being of the UK and we are pleased to be helping other British manufacturers to move quickly as they develop and grow their businesses."
Modular solutions offer both speed and flexibility for manufacturers needing to respond to the rapidly-changing business environment. Portakabin can radically reduce lead times for purpose-designed office accommodation, production control centres and amenity buildings, and ensure much less disruption to manufacturing plants.
With a Portakabin modular solution, the construction process is moved off site and into a controlled factory environment. The benefits include improved quality, much greater certainty of completion on time and on budget (99 per cent), and programme times reduced by up to 50 per cent.
Portakabin has the resources to deliver both bespoke projects and standardised accommodation solutions to organisations in the private sector, in the most challenging timescales and with less impact on the environment.
For further information about modular buildings for permanent and interim applications, visit www.portanews.co.uk, email manufacturing@portakabin.com or call 0845 401 0010.
Editor's Notes
1. The Portakabin Group offers a series of market-leading modular brands which includes:
- Portakabin modular buildings for permanent and interim use
- Yorkon off-site design and build solutions
- Portaloo toilet, shower and changing room facilities
- Konstructa site accommodation hire
- Foremans Relocatable Building Systems supplying highly sustainable refurbished Portakabin buildings
- Oecon Mobilraum GmbH - a manufacturer and distributor of modular buildings in Germany.
2. Portakabin, Portakabin Group, Yorkon, Foremans, Portaloo, Konstructa and Oecon are registered trademarks. Portakabin is a registered trademark which must only be used to refer to modular buildings that are known to have been manufactured by the Portakabin Group. Please note Portakabin is not a generic term.
3. The Portakabin Group is part of the Shepherd Group.
