Camberley’s Amazon Filters plans to expand with £1m investment programme
Amazon Filters, a process filter manufacturer based in Camberley is looking to increase its production capacity and global reach by launching a £1 million capital investment programme.
As part of this expansion, the firm has leased a 6,500 square foot warehouse, which after a refit will be used to relocate existing storage facilities, complementing Amazon Filters’ existing Albany Park Estate base.
Once complete, the ground floor will house a new production hall, doubling the pleated filter cartridges manufacturing capacity, while the first floor will become a mezzanine component warehouse.
With the new warehouse included, the firm now manages seven industrial units in a row at the business park.
Along with investing in infrastructure, Amazon Filters has increased its workforce by 6 per cent since April 2021, reaching approximately 250 staff. The firm has taken on new starts in a number of roles including filter production, sheet metal work, welding fabrication, housing assembly, operations and production support, proposals engineering, despatch and shipping, procurement management and various sales and office administration posts.
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Neil Pizzey, Amazon Filters’ Managing Director, said: “Our new pleated filter production line is the first of a planned series of investments to enhance our ‘quick and able’ cartridge manufacturing capability.
“Our capital spend and recruitment activity will help us continue to meet the needs of customers in a growing range of global industries that rely on process filtration.
“These include the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, municipal water, biopharmaceuticals, chemical processing and liquid coatings, and food and beverage production.
“Our investment programme in the UK will support our reach internationally which has been bolstered by the hiring of new business development managers in both the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.
“We have also appointed new partners and distributors tasked with pursuing sales growth in these territories.”
Southampton-based contractor Hampshire Mezzanine Floors will lead the redevelopment, taking on design, racking, shelving and the installation of the mezzanine floor
Sales Director Guy Lewington said: “It’s great to see Amazon Filters investing for the future and strengthening their reach into so many different sectors. As their main flooring and kit out contractor, we have a long-standing relationship with them going back more than 20 years.
“We have always found them great to deal with. Once again, we were keen to understand their requirements and agree the scope and size of the project before we started. As a result, we are able to complete the commission successfully and support their increase in production capacity.”
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Featured image: Amazon Filters’ Managing Director Neil Pizzey in what will be the Surrey-based manufacturer’s new mezzanine component warehouse. Credit: Deep South Media.
