Dutch firm gets new site in Grantham

A Dutch-owned crop storage engineering business has secured new warehouse premises in Grantham. 

The move involves Farm Electronics Ltd, which manufactures ventilation and refrigeration crop storage equipment, consolidating from two sites on Grantham’s Alma Park Trading Estate to a single building on the other side of the Lincolnshire town at Mallard Business Park on Trent Road.

Unit 1 gives the engineering firm 15,898 sq ft of warehouse and office accommodation. Mallard Business Park is managed by Grantham Estates, which manages in excess of 200 properties across the East Midlands and Eastern region.

The deal was brokered by Eddisons – formerly Banks Long & Co.

Adam Fryer, commercial director at Farm Electronics Ltd, said: “Our search had been low key for the past couple of years. 

“While not retained as our agent, when Eddisons alerted us to availability at Mallard Business Park and brokered the introduction to Grantham Estates, it became clear that Unit 1 was the obvious location for the next phase of our planned business growth, which already sees us adding two new recruits this month to our current headcount of 13.”

James Moore, estates manager, Grantham Estates, added: “The park’s proximity to the A1 is one of its strongest features and, as such, Unit 1 attracted a number of enquiries after we began to market it last spring.

“However, following Eddisons introducing Farm Electronics to us, it was clear that this firm was in the best position to become the new tenant. That negotiations proceeded swiftly from there and concluded before the end of the year is a testament to the professionalism and focus of all parties involved.”