Local injection moulding company, Polytech Precision Plastics, formerly of Nene Valley Business Park, Oundle has moved to Orton Southgate industrial estate in Peterborough. The move will create up to 20 new jobs.

The injection moulding company was set up in 1998, by Jonathan Ben-David (42) and now employs 50 people, achieving an annual turnover of around £1 million.

Currently serving such industries as medical, laboratory and automotive, according to Mr Ben-David, the company relies heavily on repeat custom and try to give a standard of service which is ‘second to none’. After four years of steady growth and success, the company has relocated to Peterborough, moving into a much larger 15, 000 sq ft site.

Mr Ben-David commented, “We needed to move so that the company could continue to expand. We can now increase production, and to do so we are currently in the process of recruiting new staff. Over the next year we will be taking on about 20 new people, mainly unskilled labourers. As we continue to develop, there will also be management vacancies.”

Whilst this is obviously very positive for the community, it is notable that despite its two industrial estates, it seems possible that Oundle, often judged as more of a service provider, was unable to provide the resources for this company to grow.