Manufacturing: Hi-tech firm a model for UK's economic future

David Cameron visited the makers of hi-tech medical equipment Surgical Innovations in Leeds, just a short time after setting out the Government's strategy to promote economic growth in Shipley.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th May 2010, 23:11 BST

Updated 28th May 2010, 23:11 BST

The company, founded around 17 years ago, manufactures equipment for use in keyhole surgery.

Mr Cameron was shown around the business, which has around 100 workers, and watched through a window as employees worked on components in sterile clean rooms.

He was then taken around the manufacturing facility, where staff explained various pieces of machinery used in their work.

Professor Mike McMahon, a director, said he believed the Prime Minister had companies such as Surgical Innovations in mind when thinking about the future of Britain.

He said: "One of the problems in Britain at the moment is the tremendous decline in the manufacturing business.

"We've got over 100 employees and are bringing back manufacturing from off-shore and doing more and more in-house."

Greg Mulholland, Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West, said the company was a model for enterprise in the UK.