A Black Country manufacturer has secured new funding to support its exporting activities and improve its green credentials.
Halesowen-based Swift & Whitmore has received almost £10,000 in grant finance from Business Growth West Midlands to target £8 million in sales and decarbonise its operations.
The company is one of the last remaining º£½ÇÊÓƵ manufacturers of resin-bonded abrasives, supplying more than 200 different products to customers in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, oil and gas and heavy engineering, both in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and internationally.
Its product range includes grinders, hot pressed wheels, diamond grinding wheels and coated abrasives.
Swift & Whitmore has just completed installing energy efficiency lighting throughout its headquarters and also received a productivity grant to assist with upgrading the firm's stores and logistics department, including the purchase of a new forklift truck.
This latest capital injection is part of a larger £50,000 investment drive.
Managing director Janette Tierney said: "The installation of the new lighting and a forklift truck will help us become more sustainable in our processes and, importantly, will also deliver cost savings in the long-term.
"We're now planning to take another person on in logistics which will take our total workforce in the Black Country and our Chesterfield manufacturing operation to 50."
Business Growth West Midlands is based in Dudley and funded by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council via the º£½ÇÊÓƵ Shared Prosperity Fund.
It runs information and support services.
Adviser Steve Dunn added: "Swift & Whitmore is a national manufacturing treasure and I'm delighted that we have been able to help it unlock environmental improvements and set it up for new jobs and growth in 2025."
