After being located at the Castle Bromwich Business Park since its UK launch in 1990, cutting-tool manufacturer Guhring (www.guhring.co.uk) is moving to a purpose-built 55,000ft² facility on the new Birmingham Advanced Manufacturing Hub that will open for business in April.

Located near the M6 and the A38, the new facility will enable the company to expand its production of HSS, carbide and PCD cutting tools — all under one roof. Construction work began in February 2016, and the movement of machine tools and inventory is currently taking place.

The official opening ceremony is planned to take place in early summer. National sales manager Dave Hudson (pictured) says: “We are excited by the prospect of moving to a new home.

The new site will make Guhring one of the UK’s largest cutting-tool manufacturers, and it will give us considerable space to further grow our production and coating of specialised carbide, HSS and PCD tooling products.

“In addition, we will have the capacity to stock a complete range of standard and special products for immediate delivery to customers.

“As well as growing our production and service capacity and capability, we will also be able to undertake live cutting trials on the latest machine tools, which will be installed in a new demonstration area.

“The investment is significant, and our aim will be to manufacture and deliver a complete solution of bespoke cutting tools and applications from under one roof.”