Koso continues to invest in its roots

The firm has opened a new 18,000 sq ft factory in Brighouse, a few hundred yards from its original factory on Armytage Road as part of a wider investment programme.

The factory, which it rents, is the company’s third site in the town, where it has been based for over 40 years.

It will house the aftermarket team responsible for service and spares, and create additional capacity for scheduled maintenance programmes that demand high volume turnaround in short timescales.

Denis Westcott, managing director, said: “We are fully committed to providing world-class service engineering and manufacturing practices for our oil and gas customers around the world. We recognise that to remain competitive and maintain our position as a global player, we need to continue to invest in our Yorkshire roots; that’s in our people, processes, facilities and new machinery.”

Further work has already started at the company’s machine shop, which is being reconfigured to accommodate the arrival of several new pieces of hi-tech machinery over the coming months, allowing the company to produce higher volumes in shorter timescales, whilst reducing waste.

Construction of a new gas test facility, one of only a handful in the UK, is underway and is expected to be fully operational this summer.