Contract from £15billion Crossrail scheme triggers recruitment plans
A contract to supply water monitoring equipment to the £15 billion Crossrail scheme to build a new rail link across London has meant recruitment for Okehampton-based Ashridge Engineering.
The firm, which employs 12 people, has taken on an apprentice with plans to recruit another staff member later this year.
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The business, based on the North Road Industrial Estate, won a contract to supply 60 of its Hydroguard units, which monitor the noise, flow and pressure of underground water pipes, activating an alarm if unusual activity, such as a leak, is detected.
The business designs and manufactures products for the water and electricity sectors.
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Its clients include most of the UK's water companies including South West Water and Thames Water.
Ashridge is currently awaiting approval from the National Grid for a range of its electricity products.
Around 25% of its products are currently exported, with distributors in Australia, Malaysia and Africa.
"The business started out very small and about six years ago it moved to a factory in Okehampton and it has just been growing and growing ever since," said managing director Alan Orchard.
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