Derby-based Pentaxia (www.pentaxia.com), which offers a complete composite supply service from design to finished and lacquered components, is reaping the rewards of a decision it made in August 2017 to move to a new facility in order to meet demand for its products.

The new plant, which is three times larger than its former site, is a former Rolls-Royce composite manufacturing facility that lay unused for four years. A major refurbishment and investment programme was launched, and the first Pentaxia staff moved in during January.

Production director Adam Norris said: “It has been a real challenge, but we have all worked together to get the move completed successfully.

“We are still settling in, but the new facility is really starting to work, and outputs are already heading towards a 30-50% growth during the coming year — a fantastic achievement for all our staff.”

Managing director Stephen Ollier said: “I have always believed we had a great team, and now we have a superb facility. We can probably double or treble our output over the next few years, which is what our customers seem to need.

“We work with a lot of household names in the aerospace, luxury car and motor-sport markets, and they are all planning significant expansion; we are now in a position to respond.

“It is highly skilled work, and we will be setting up our own training facility.”