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Welsh Government investing £2.5m to build new facility for Qioptiq in support of its new £82m contract

Source: http://gov.wales

Welsh Government will continue to play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and expansion of St Asaph-based Qioptiq by investing £2.5m in a new purpose designed facility for the company, Economy Secretary Ken Skates announced today following news that the firm has won a new £82m contract with the Ministry of Defence.Work will now commence immediately on the new 24,900 sq. ft. facility that the Welsh Government will construct on land it owns adjacent to Qioptiq’s premises on St Asaph Business Park. It will provide secure warehousing and manufacturing space to enable Qioptiq to achieve full operating capacity to deliver the MoD contract within the required timescale.