Electronics manufacturer PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) has signed a major new partnership to target up to £4 million of new orders.
The collaboration with Jaltek will give ‘agritech’ innovators a single point of contact for contract manufacturing and electronics and target orders with UK organisations involved in indoor/vertical farming, automation, precision farming and remote sensing.
The relationship will help potential clients speed up time to market, maximise output and unlock value-add design and engineering by providing access to a comprehensive suite of production capabilities.
And, if the predicted growth materialises, then the additional revenue will help both firms create new jobs at PP C&A’s South Staffordshire factory in Cheslyn Hay, and Jaltek’s in Luton.
“Agritech has grown 20 per cent over the last five years and is seeing lots of investment, with £919.1 million of Innovate UK grant funding directed its way in recent years,” said Garry Myatt, Sales Director at PP C&A.
“There is a surging demand for new technology and the PP x Jaltek partnership is set-up to streamline the path from blueprint to the field, working with innovators and companies to navigate the complexities around design, manufacture and funding.”
He continued: “This collaboration is not just about assembling mechanical parts or circuit boards. It’s about providing the sector with the arsenal to scale up swiftly and sustainably, turning good ideas into the very fabric of agricultural innovation.”
Claire Mackay, Business Development Manager at Jaltek, added: “This is a fantastic example of two UK manufacturers joining forces to deliver a solution that a fast-growing market is looking for.
“There is so much innovation in this country, but a lot of the time it is commercialised elsewhere. We want to reverse that trend and feel agritech is the perfect sector for us to pioneer this new approach.”
PP x Jaltek is looking to bring new partners into the collaboration with a company specialising in pneumatic and electrical automation equipment set to join shortly. This will evolve over time to become a holistic supply chain.
- PP C&A currently employs over 230 people at its 5,500 sq m facility and Daily Focus recently reported that it is hoping to break the £40 million sales barrier this year. Click here to read that story.
