Birkenhead engineering services firm invests £1.5 million in new facilities

Birkenhead-based shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird is ramping up its activity in the energy sector by investing more than £1.5 million in its facilities and appointing a leading nuclear sector engineer.

John Eldridge, one of the most experienced figures in the UK nuclear industry, has joined Cammell Laird from Sellafield Ltd which operates the nuclear reprocessing plant in West Cumbria.

He has a track record of more than 40 years working on the design, construction, commissioning and operation of nuclear facilities.

Cammell Laird CEO John Syvret CBE said: “In terms of our investment we have spent more than £1.5m in renovating one of the large workshops near the construction hall.

“The refurbishment has seen six cranes overhauled and a new roof, floor, electrics and lighting installed. It will provide a world-class facility to test and assemble modules and rigs for our nuclear clients.”

“We are ideally placed to service the considerable demands and needs of the nuclear industry over the next 30 years.”

“We believe the nuclear sector can ignite job and wealth creation at Cammell Laird for the benefit of Wirral, Merseyside and the wider North West.

“We are already working with Liverpool and John Moores universities looking at developing the skills that will be needed to grasp the stellar opportunities in this multi-billion pound industry.”

“The changes in the nuclear industry are helping to trigger a renaissance in British engineering and manufacturing. Cammell Laird has always been at the forefront of innovation and our aim is to take that ethos into nuclear.

“It is fantastic that we can do that here on Merseyside in the UK rather than farm-work out overseas.”

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