# Lontra to build £65m compressor factory in Warwickshire, creating 75 jobs

Engineering firm Lontra has committed to build a manufacturing facility in Warwickshire, UK, for its Blade industrial compressors, investing £65m by 2021 across this and a further site, backed by Shield Group Engineering, with 75 jobs to be created by 2020 and the first part opening later in 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-22
- Where: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Value: $90.0M (65.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 75
- Status: announced
- Capacity: single flexible production line
- Products: Blade compressors, industrial compressors
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Lontra](https://endata.com/companies/943.md)
- [Sulzer](https://endata.com/companies/308.md) (partner)
- [Shield Group Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/2711.md) (investor)
- [Shield Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/2731.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/engineering-firm-to-build-new-major-65m-uk-manufacturing-facility/), 2018-01-22: "High-tech engineering company, Lontra, has committed to build a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Warwickshire for its range of industrial compressors."
- [thebusinessdesk.com](https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2014108-engineering-firms-set-invest-65m-new-factory-development), 2018-01-25: "A £65m factory manufacturing industrial compressors is being built in Warwickshire following a collaboration between two engineering companies."
- [waterbriefing.org](https://www.waterbriefing.org/home/company-news/item/14800-developer-of-energy-saving-compressor-for-sewage-pumps-to-open-new-uk-manufacturing-base?font-size=smaller), 2018-01-30: "Up to £65 million will ultimately be invested in the new manufacturing facility, creating 75 new jobs by 2020 to more than double its workforce."

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