TWENTY Five jobs have been saved after a precision engineering firm was bought out.

Laser Shapes (NW), based at Witton Mill, Stancliffe Street, Blackburn, has been acquired by Metallurgical Processing Limited, which is part of the ARC Group.

All staff have been retained and Metallurgical Processing Limited will continue to occupy the 90,000 sq ft leasehold premises.

Beth Nutter, managing director of Metallurgical Processing, said: “This is the latest of several acquisitions within the ARC Group.

"Our management team are committed to the success of the business and will devote much needed turnover, capital and resource to the team.

"New management and ownership of the old Laser Shapes business will make the most of all that was good in the business, and build on the platform left by old management.”