Balmoral brings jobs boost to Montrose with new quayside facility

Plans for a new quayside manufacturing facility have been unveiled at Montrose Port.Tom Hutchison, Bill Main and Dave Doogan MP met to discuss Balmoral’s new quayside facility at Montrose PortAberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec has agreed to invest a seven-figure sum to create an advanced composites manufacturing facility on the quayside at Montrose Port where large scale components for the offshore energy sector will be built.To house the new facility, Balmoral has leased almost 1700sqm of warehouse space from Montrose Port Authority and will install machinery and equipment required to build and manoeuvre the massive parts destined for the North Sea and other energy markets.Balmoral, founded in 1980 by chairman and managing director Jim Milne, confirmed an initial 30-40 new skilled and semi-skilled jobs will be created in the town with more anticipated as the arm of the business grows.The announcement has been hailed as “outstanding” by local politicians with Montrose proving to be as able and capable as any other North Sea port.This most recent announcement comes on the heels of a string of recent new business wins for Montrose Port Authority, including being selected as home to Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the planned Inch Cape offshore wind farm.