A Worcestershire manufacturer of education products won the £40,000 contract to support a new Leicestershire education centre.

HME Technology, based at Saxon Park in Bromsgrove, is the leading supplier and installer of design and technology and science equipment for schools.

Its range of products include forges, brazing hearths, furnaces, welding tables, fume extraction systems, kilns, woodworking equipment, wood dust extraction systems, metal finishing and CNC machines. It also supplies fume cupboards and ventilation systems for science departments.

A selection has gone into the new Melton Vale Post 16 Centre at Melton Mowbray.

A successor to the King Edward VII school, it is now fully operational.

Julian Davis, managing director of HME Technology, said: "We were thrilled to kit out Melton Vale with our state-of-the-art equipment.

"It will put the workforce of the future at the heart of design and technology expertise. And hopefully this experience at 16-plus will inspire some to make their careers in the sector."

School Principal Tony Pinnock said: "We are based in a brand new building equipped to a world class standard, an environment that will allow us to reach even higher standards.

"The range of courses we offer is second to none and students continue to achieve outstanding results."

The new £13 million centre will provide Sixth Form education for students moving up from Belvoir High School, John Ferneley College and Long Field School.