# Lontra opens UK advanced manufacturing centre in Napton with Shield Group Engineering

Lontra opened the first purpose-built advanced manufacturing centre in Napton, Warwickshire, in partnership with Shield Group Engineering, as the first phase of a planned expansion of compressor manufacturing.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-09-30
- Where: Napton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Status: completed
- Products: Blade Compressor, compressed air systems
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [engineering-update.co.uk](https://engineering-update.co.uk/2019/09/30/uk-technology-company-lontra-open-uks-first-greenfield-high-value-manufacturing-centre-in-partnership-with-shield-group-engineering/), 2019-09-30: "Lontra has today announced the opening of the UK's first purpose-built advanced manufacturing centre in Napton, Warwickshire, in partnership with Shield Group Engineering."
- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/uk-manufacturing-duo-open-new-facility-midlands/), 2019-10-03: "Lontra, the pioneering company behind the Blade Compressor – the first clean-sheet compressor design in nearly a century – has opened a purpose-built manufacturing centre in Napton, Warwickshire, in partnership with Shield Group Engineering."

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