10 | Aycliffe Today Business
FIVE-YEAR
FABRICATION
FIRMS HITS
£5M MARK
By Martin Walker
Premo Fabrications, based on Aycliffe
Business Park, specialise in the design
and manufacture of high-quality sheet
metal architectural fabrications such as
rainscreen systems, pressings, fascias,
gutter systems and rainwater goods.
Premo has just completed a £1.2m
contract working on Manchester City's
£200m Football Academy, this led to a
further export supply package for Melbourne,
culminating in a secured supply package
for New York and a recent appointment to
supply materials for the Etihad main stadium
extension.
The staff at Premo are no strangers
to football after completing an £800,000
contract for the Football Association at the
England squad's new headquarters, St
George's Park in Burton, two years ago.
They have also worked on many other
projects up and down the country including
Hitachi Rail Europe's £82m train-building
factory in Aycliffe, Trinity Square at Gateshead
and Kings Cross, London.
Now the firm is hoping to expand and
take on more staff after building it up from
the nine-man team it was when it started in
December 2009 to the 30-strong workforce
it is today.
"It's been a fantastic few years for the
company and we're delighted with how
things are progressing," said director Dave
Knowles, who founded Premo with business
partner Beau Stevens.
"But we couldn't have done it without our
tremendous workforce. Their work ethic,
skills set and positive attitude has enabled
us to take on large-scale projects and deliver
them within budget and on time.
"In our industry you don't often have a
forward order book as such, the bulk of our
work are short-term orders, but we're pretty
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