£15m orders brings jobs boost to Browns Coachworks

Orders from Sellafield Nuclear Power Station, Merryside Fire and Bedfordshire & Lutton Fire & Rescue Service are among the present orders.

Brian Brown, Managing Director, said: "We have a very healthy order book of potentially 15 million which should take the company through until 2012. With many contracts still to be awarded I am very confident more orders will come our way. My very dedicated staff and employees have worked tirelessly over the past two years in research and development of our life saving vehicles which now has given us the edge over our competitors."

For many years Browns have been successful in gaining orders to design and build vehicles for Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service including the state-of-the-art Command Support Units which are now used in all major incidents.

The company also supplies many Fire vehicles to the Irish market and has gained a great deal of experience in designing and manufacturing many different types of vehicle which service many different tasks including Dublin Port Tunnel, Motorways and Rescue boat vehicles. This has helped the company greatly in there research and development programme.

Now over 70% of the company's turnover comes from outside Northern Ireland.

"Browns has the potential to more than double its output on the Moira Road and will hope to employ up to 20 more people over the next 12 to 18 months, these will consist of auto electricians, coachbuilders, fabricators and clerical assistants," added Brian. "In these tough times I am very pleased to bring some hope of employment to the Lisburn area."