Peter Wright and John Cartwright at the new workshop
The opening of a high-tech workshop is set to transform behind-the-scenes operations at one of the UK’s leading vehicle solutions specialists.
Motiva Group are switching long-established satellite facilities to the company’s headquarters nearby as part of a move to consolidate all of its activities on one site, and the state-of-the-art unit represents the first phase of a £700,000 project to redevelop the entire premises in Stoke-on-Trent.
It is expected that the move will have significant implications for the company, according to group operations manager John Cartwright: “On a practical level, the move gives us much better facilities, far greater capacity and almost doubles our compound space. But it also makes us massively more efficient at a stroke and will create significant savings.”
Motiva’s rented workshops in Bucknall, along with a truck centre, rolled down their shutters for the final time last week. But there’ll be no redundancies with all staff switching to headquarters just three miles down the road.
The new workshop – previously a dated unit formerly owned by a crane hire company – has been transformed into a modern, fully-fitted facility featuring the latest equipment, housing the company’s commercial body shop and damage repair operation for cars, vans and trucks, with space to carry out MOTs for fleet customers.
The spacious new workshop features two full-length truck pits and no less than seven ramps along with separate bays for welding and spray painting.
Useable compound storage space increases from two acres to four and a half.
Peter Wright, Sales Director at Motiva Group, said: “Moving our entire technical operation to one site has been our goal for a number of years and I’m sure we’ll reap the rewards.
“The move will make us far more efficient as it will streamline the entire operation and, though I can’t yet put a figure on it, it will save us a lot of money in the long run.”
The workshop is expected to open up new avenues for Motiva, with a move into corporate servicing now on the cards.
