WORK has started on a multi-million factory which will bring up to 20 new jobs to Blackburn.
Weltonhurst Ltd has begun work on a new site in Centurion Way which will employ around 160 when it opens next year.
Workers from the firm's Bottomcroft Mill in Darwen and from sister company P D Plastics at Skelmersdale will move to the new site.
Around 100 are currently employed at the Darwen factory with a further 40 at Skelmersdale who have been given the opportunity to relocate.
The firm said the move to larger premises was expected to also create around 20 extra jobs.
The 100.000 sq ft factory should be completed by April.
Weltonhurst manufactures plastic products including traffic cones, dustbins, and water butts.
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