Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament, who represents Gainsborough has visited the new, purpose-built A. M. P. Rose factory in the town. A local company which employs over 150 people.

The company is one of the world’s leading suppliers of machinery to the chocolate, confectionary and snack industries; with over 80% of their products exported to more than eighty countries world-wide, supplying new, used and rebuilt machinery.

Mr. Alan Mann, the Chairman of A.M.P. Rose, kindly gave a tour to Sir Edward, who commented:

“It is really great to be given the opportunity to see a local company that is investing in new facilities, expanding and putting the great in Great Britain with exports around the globe. It is a real success story of a company founded in the late 1970s building a world class reputation and becoming pre-eminent in their field. 

“The Rose name has a long history associated with Gainsborough, dating back over a century, to the packaging industry established by William Rose in 1881. I am confident that A. M. P. Rose will continue to flourish in this century as it has in the past.”

The company has brought together all its existing departments and so the machine design department, which includes the three-dimensional computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM), together the company’s modern machine and fabrication shop, computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, software design, metal finishing as well as electrical and mechanical assembly with testing areas.