SCOTTISH temporary power company Aggreko, one of Scotland's big
international success stories, welcomed HRH the Princess Royal
yesterday to perform the official opening of its £22 million
manufacturing facility at Lomondgate in Dumbarton.
Aggreko relocated its manufacturing operations to Lomondgate, from
its previous site at Dumbarton, earlier this month.
The Glasgow-based FTSE-100 company noted the new facility had
secured "around 400 jobs for the area".
Aggreko chief executive Rupert Soames said: "We are honoured that
HRH the Princess Royal has visited Aggreko and we were proud to be
able to show her around our new state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility at Dumbarton.
"She met many of the people working there and she showed a keen
interest in our business."
Aggreko said: "The town faced the possibility of the loss of 250
highly skilled jobs unless a site suitable for integrating all
Aggreko's design, engineering and manufacturing needs could be
found, three years ago.
"The company's existing manufacturing facility had become too small
to cope with the company's rapid international growth."
It added: "The board of the Strathleven Regeneration Company with
backing from West Dunbartonshire Council, Scottish Enterprise,
Diageo and the Walker Group moved rapidly to suggest a 16-acre site
within Lomondgate, SRC's mixed-use development of a 120-acre former
J & B Whisky site."