EDM investing £1.3m in manufacturing facility expansion

EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, announced that it is investing £1.3m to expand its manufacturing facility.The new 18,000 ft² structure is being built at EDM’s headquarters in Manchester to meet the demands of the company’s rapidly increasing order book. The purpose-built facility will house up to 40 employees across a range of disciplines and provide all the resources needed to enable the company to manufacture its full range of market-leading training simulators. Being built on land adjacent to EDM’s existing 100,000 f²t facility, work on the new building is expected to begin in September this year with an anticipated completion date of March 2017. In the past 12 months, EDM has announced major orders from Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Singapore Airlines and counts Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Thales amongst its customer base. In 2015, the company won the Manchester Evening News Business of the Year and the Insider North West Excellence in International Trade Awards.