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Leeds machine manufacturer makes record £1.1 million delivery to Indonesia

Leeds machine manufacturer Meltog has received its highest value ever order of £1.1 million from an Indonesian firm.

Meltog manufactures waste management, filter tube and can-making equipment, has created a biscuit-tin making machine for delivery to Indonesia later this year.

The win follows a doubling of turnover in the last two years and a £250k investment in 2013 in CNC and general machining equipment which has allowed Meltog to make savings of 20% annually on outsourced components.

Additionally, staff numbers have grown by a third in the last twelve months including five apprentices.

Says Meltog managing director Julian Heyworth said: “It is tremendously exciting to have received an order of this scale which is for a machine that will make three-piece decorative cans for butter biscuits.

“In South Asian culture decorative ‘fancy goods’ are considered to be particularly luxurious and so food items supplied in tins are immensely popular.

“As such it is an excellent market for growing our packaging division and we are looking forward to doing more business there in the future.”

Julian Heyworth led a management buyout of Meltog in 2004 and ten years on, forecasts turnover of £4 million for the next year.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .