A THIRSK manufacturing company is celebrating after increasing its presence in Europe.
Langver makes ratchet tensioners for heavy goods vehicles and has teamed up with Spanish logistics company Guillen in a deal worth more than £25,000.
It will see the company, which distributes its products to 90 per cent of the UK market, supply about 800 ratchet tensioners in two phases.
The deal is a major breakthrough for Langver, who have invested more than £200,000 in machinery to enable it to expand into the vast European market.
Scott Taylor, managing director, said: "Our reputation in the UK is second to none, however the European market is a much harder nut to crack, so winning this work with Guillen is a significant boost for us.
"It gives us an important foothold on the continent, which we hope will be the perfect platform to us winning more work across Europe.
"Guillen is a long-established logistics firm with a huge fleet of vehicles operating in a number of companies, so the potential of this contract to lead to further work is massive for us."
Langver, which was the subject of a management buy-out led by Mr Taylor and Claire Matten, has also expanded into a second unit on Thirsk Industrial Park.
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