A moving experience for Seco Tools

After more than 50 years at its previous site, Seco Tools (UK) — the Alcester-based manufacturer and supplier of cutting tools and tooling systems — moved to a new ‘state of the art’ 30,000ft2 in November. Located on the Springfield Business Park, the new facility is just a ‘stone’s throw’ away from the company’s old premises.

Commenting on the move, Seco Tools (UK)’s managing director, Richard Jelfs, said: “We began this journey over three years ago, and after much hard work by everyone involved, we are settling into our new environment. The new facility has been specially designed to highlight a number of Seco strengths, one of the most important of these being the company’s in-house manufacturing capabilities and capacity.

“One of the first things customers and other visitors will see when they enter the reception will be our production and custom tool manufacturing areas. This is deliberate, because we want all of them to understand from the out-set that we are a leading manufacturer of ‘state of the art’ tooling, using advanced manufacturing technologies.” In addition to the ‘visible’ positioning of Seco’s manufacturing operations, the newfacility also provides Seco employees with what is described as ‘an agile working environment’. Enclosed workspaces have been kept to a minimum in favour of open spaces and ‘break-out’ areas. There is also a 120-seat auditorium, a spacious staff canteen, a ‘garden area’ and a gym.