PARK Products has celebrated the opening of its new 28,000 sq ft factory on the Greenbank Technology Park in Blackburn.

The Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth, performed the opening ceremony in front of 130 guests made up of customers and suppliers, together with Blackburn with Darwen Mayor Coun Peter Greenwood and leader Coun Malcolm Doherty.

Park Products was formerly located in Ordnance Street, Blackburn for 19 years.

The company now employs 56 people and specialises in electro-mechanical assembly, producing a range of mobile lighting towers supplied all over the world.

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