# WERiT opens £8m expanded production site in Irlam, Salford

Bulk container maker WERiT opened its expanded Irlam site after an £8m investment adding a 3,000 m2 warehouse, office complex and blow-moulding machinery. The investment created nine jobs, with more recruitment planned.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-09-19
- Where: Irlam, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Value: $10.8M (8.00M GBP)
- Jobs: 9
- Status: completed
- Capacity: site footprint just over 10,000 m2
- Products: bulk containers, 5L and 10L canisters
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [WERiT containers](https://endata.com/companies/13516.md)
- [MIDAS](https://endata.com/companies/13517.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [packagingnews.co.uk](https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/equipment/investment-installations/werit-invests-8m-in-salford-expansion-19-09-2025), 2025-09-19: "Bulk containers specialist WERiT has opened its expanded production site in Irlam, Greater Manchester following an £8m investment that has created nine new jobs"

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