You will find some of the world’s most successful companies at Kingsway Business Park. Our occupiers include: ASDA Wincanton, JD Sports, CR Lawrence, Edmund Bell, E.ON, Source BioScience, Takeuchi Manufacturing, and WCCTV. You can read more about our occupiers below.
JD Sports is the UK’s leading retailer and distributor of branded sportswear and fashionwear. The company moved into their purpose built distribution centre at Kingsway in 2011. The warehousing capacity currently stands at 1.4m sq ft on a site of 32.5 acres, but this is set to grow to almost 2m sq ft on a 46 acre site when an extension to the building is completed in 2018. The DC serves the whole of the UK and employs 1,200 people.
ASDA is one of the top three supermarket retailers in the UK. The company opened its £57.5m Chilled Distribution Centre at Kingsway in November 2012. Managed by Wincanton, the 660,000 sq ft facility occupies a site of 44 acres, and employs 450 people. The CDC has three temperature controlled chambers, and provides chilled and frozen produce to ASDA’s superstores and supermarkets along the M62 corridor.
CR Laurence is a global manufacturer and distributor of materials and components used in the glass installation business including architectural railings, balustrading, and door systems. The US-owned company moved its European headquarters and distribution centre to Kingsway in 2008. They now occupy two units at the business park with over 100,000 sq ft, including a warehouse, showroom, and trade counter.
Takeuchi Manufacturing is a Japanese manufacturer of heavy machinery including mini excavators, tracked carriers, and hydraulic breakers. The company relocated their UK Head Office and Product Support Centre to a 56,000 sq ft unit at Kingsway in 2008, from where they are able to support the growing numbers of Takeuchi machines operating across the UK and Ireland.
Edmund Bell is one of the UK & Europe’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of soft furnishing products, including curtains, linings, and blackout fabric. The company, which has traded for over 160 years, moved to a 34,000 sq ft production unit at Kingsway in 2011, investing £4m in the building that also serves as their head office and showroom.
Source BioScience provides specialist products and services to healthcare bodies, academic institutions, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies. Source BioScience occupies a unit of around 28,000 sq ft at Kingsway that has been equipped to provide controlled environment storage, laboratory space, as well including a manufacturing centre for producing a portfolio of blood and tissue serology products.
E.ON is one of the world’s largest energy companies. The company are delivering a more energy efficient lighting system in Oldham and Rochdale, under a Private Finance Initiative agreement, from their 20,000 sq ft unit at Kingsway. The scheme involves replacing and maintaining thousands of street lights, signs, and bollards, to provide a safer environment in the two boroughs.
WCCTV is a leading provider of portable CCTV and surveillance systems that transmit live and recorded images over wireless networks. Products range from onsite tower systems to body worn cameras. The company’s purpose-built 12,000 sq ft headquarters opened in 2015 and provides office, manufacturing and warehouse space, as well as a product demonstration suite.