# Tong Engineering opens £3.6M factory expansion in Spilsby, UK

Tong Engineering has opened a new £3.6 million manufacturing facility in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, as the first phase of a two-phase project. The facility adds significant production capacity and includes overhead cranes, shot-blasting chambers, and an automated storage system.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-04
- Where: Spilsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Value: $4.70M (3.60M GBP)
- Starts operating: 4 Aug 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 126m long, 24m wide, 11m high
- Products: vegetable-grading equipment
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Tong Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/40165.md)

## Sources

- [fruitnet.com](https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/tong-opens-36m-factory-expansion/182554.article), 2020-08-04: "We are delighted that operation has commenced at our new factory, even if the grand opening we had planned has had to been postponed slightly!"

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