A West Midlands exhibition company, which works all over the world, has chosen Redditch as its new headquarters.
With help from property agents John Truslove, Quattro Display Ltd has purchased 12,383 sq ft at 59 Padgets Lane for a significant six-figure sum.
And it has also committed to a five-year lease on 5,418 sq ft at 9 Padgets Lane.
It has moved from premises in Honiley, near Balsall Common, completing the move early in the New Year.
The premises at 59 Padgets Lane will be the main manufacturing base comprising machining, cutting, fabricating and decoration. 9 Padgets Lane will be used for storage.
Ashley Blizzard, managing director, who runs the company with his father David, said 18 staff would transfer across.
He commented: “We were beginning to outgrow Honiley – it is a bit off the beaten track and we were having recruitment difficulties as a result of transport issues.
“Both my father and I live in Studley so Redditch is very close. Where we are moving to has better designed facilities for what we need.”
Founded in 1994, Mr Blizzard took control of the company in 2007 as a result of a management buyout. Turnover averages between £1.5 million and £2 million.
Ben Truslove, a director of John Truslove, said: “Quattro Display is an extremely impressive outfit.
“It is fantastic news for Redditch that it is able to attract a company operating across the world in such a high profile niche.”
Quattro Display specialises in stand design, interiors and shop displays, outdoor exhibition stands, printing and exhibition graphics.
Last year it built stands all over the world at many different venues and events including the National Exhibition Centre, London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow in the UK, while abroad Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Paris all featured.
The year to date has taken in London’s Excel, Manchester, Liverpool, Telford, Olympia, plus Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Paris, Munich and Las Vegas.