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STILLER TURNOVER
JUMPS TO £10.5m
Family-run Stiller Warehousing and
Distribution is going the extra length after
seeing turnover jump by 20 per cent to
£10.5m last year.
The firm has in the last six months invested
in a fleet of state-of-the-art vehicles,
between them worth more than £1m, to
cope with healthy recent growth.
They include four extra-long trailers, which
are 15.65 metres in length – two metres
longer than the previous maximum length of
trailer allowed on the road.
Stiller has also invested in new 18-tonne rigid
vehicles, conventional trailers, urban artics
and six brand new Mercedes tractor units.
The company has taken on 15 new members
of staff in the last year, increasing its
workforce to 115, and turnover has topped
£10.5m, up £2m on 2012.
More than £3m has been invested in its
14-acre Aycliffe site in the last year, and
further cash has been ring-fenced to develop
additional warehousing.
General manager Matthew Stiller is taking
the company into a new era. He is the third
generation of the Stiller family running the
business, taking the reins from dad Paul.
The company was started by Paul’s German
father Gunter, who sold a herd of pigs to
start up Stiller Transport in 1954.
Stiller Warehousing and Distribution
general manager Matthew Stiller is
taking the company into a new era
“We’ve changed our company profile to
the point where we’re in a much healthier
position, said Matthew, 28.
”
which stores for 15 customers from varying
industries, including the likes of Gestamp
Tallent and 3M.
“It’s been a consolidation exercise over a
number of years, but now we’re experiencing
really healthy growth – turnover has
increased significantly, we’re winning more
contracts and so we’re recruiting more staff
accordingly.
”
Other companies – such as Go-Geo Thermal
and Now Plastics – are tenants at Stiller’s
site and use it as its own “full-service”
warehousing and distribution centre.
Stiller’s premises at the heart of Aycliffe
Business Park includes a 15,000-pallet
store within about 160,000 square feet,
NIFCO BOSS
RETURNS TO HIS
TRAINING ROOTS
awards event by Newton Aycliffe-based SW
Durham Training (SWDT).
An award-winning Teesside businessman
returned to his roots to congratulate the next
generation of engineering Apprentices.
He returned to his roots to applaud a group
of young Apprentices who’ve been singled
out for their achievements.
Nifco boss Mike Matthews, who was named
North East Business Executive of the Year
last year, was the star guest at an annual
“Apprenticeships are close to my heart and
it’s great to see lots of former colleagues
and trainers, said Matthews, Nifco’s
”
Nifco managing director Mike Matthews with SW
Durham Training (SWDT) interim chief executive Trevor
Alley and a group of Apprentices at SWDT’s annual
awards evening
Matthews, originally from Darlington, learned
his trade with SWDT, leavin