New Control Techniques Tech Lab in Wales

Work has started on a new hi-tech engineering facility at one of Mid Wales’ largest employers which will create around 35 highly skilled engineering and technical jobs. 
Control Techniques, a business unit of Emerson Industrial Automation, is developing a new engineering lab on land adjacent to its current company headquarters on Pool Road, Newtown.
The expansion is supported by the Welsh Government, which will construct and lease the facility to support the creation of new highly-skilled jobs. The specialist fit-out, which includes isolation of the test floor, acoustic partitioning and glazing systems, will be funded by the company and project managed by the Welsh Government.
The company, which was founded in 1973, is enjoying a period of sustained growth thanks to recent product launches, which has successfully taken the business into new markets across the world. Its “Unidrive M” family of products has been incorporated into applications as diverse as mining, food production and theatres. The new building will provide the company with the tools it needs to fuel further growth across a range of emerging markets.
Work on the 900 m2 lab, including the redevelopment and extension of the existing car park, is expected to be completed in autumn 2015. The existing site’s helipad will also be relocated and will continue to be made available for use by the Welsh Air Ambulance, a service Control Techniques has been providing for the local community for 8 years. 
Control Techniques employs more than 2,000 people across 55 global locations, including around 600 people across its two facilities in Newtown. The business designs and manufactures variable speed drives and automation solutions for a range of commercial and industrial applications.