An award winning international engineering company is celebrating its 30th anniversary relocating its UK business headquarters to a new multi-million pound site in Evesham.

Matcon, formerly based in Moreton-in-Marsh and Blockley, Gloucestershire, is the market leader in providing solutions for handling powders and other materials in intermediate bulk containers.

It caters for a wide range of industries including food and pharmaceuticals and lists a host of blue chip customers such as Nestle, Pfizer and many more.

The move to the new Vale Park West Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Evesham, means an increase in jobs and a boost to the local economy with around 90 people currently employed by the company in the UK.

In the last 30 years Matcon has lead the way in its industry and now has seven other sites around the world.

The company has bucked the economic downturn trend with an increase in production which, its Managing Director Charles Lee says, is down to hard work and great staff.

"Weʼve had unprecedented export success in recent years due to our proven ability to raise our customers manufacturing efficiency with simple changes to their process. 

Now that the UK market is showing signs of recovery we expect to see significant improvement also in the domestic market.

"All of this brings us to the point where amalgamating the UK sites under one roof became essential and will undoubtedly enhance our operational efficiency while at the same time providing customers and our own team with greatly improved working, system test and demonstration facilities."

"Evesham is a great area with an excellent pool of technical talent, good road and rail links and all these things were taken into account when we were considering the location."

Evesham Mayor, Councillor James Bulman, and Mid Worcestershire MP and Minister for Defence Equipment, Support, and Technology, Peter Luff, will perform the official opening next month with invited guests from all over the world.

The new 2,800m2 site brings together offices, test plant, assembly space and conference facilities which is a milestone in the companyʼs 30 year history.

The relocation process is well underway with the new site officially opening in early February. Due to the meticulous planning the Company expects minimal disruption to its customers.