Official opening of AEW Delford Systems new manufacturing facility in Colchester.

Left: David Ashmore, MD AEW Delford Systems Colchester. Right: His Excellency Sverrir Gunnlaugsson, Icelandic Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

AEW Delford System's new manufacturing plant based in Colchester was officially opened by the Icelandic Ambassador on 25th June 2008

AEW Delford Systems manufactures a comprehensive range of advanced checkweighers, weigh price labellers, labellers and other end of line machines and systems for the world's food processing industry. 119 people are employed at this new facility which represents a £1.8 million investment by Icelandic parent company, Marel Food Systems. It provides the necessary technology for the company to design, develop and produce machines and systems to higher standards with greater productivity.

The new 11,000 sq. metre site marks a successful combination of British engineering experience with Icelandic investment and technology so it was particularly appropriate for it to be opened by His Excellency Sverrir H Gunnlaugsson, Iceland's Ambassador to the United Kingdom. 
 
For AEW Delford Systems, the move opens a new and exciting chapter in its history. The company was established in 1965 in Mitcham, Surrey and moved to Harwich in 1976, since when it has earned a worldwide reputation. In 1999 the company combined with Norwich based AEW Engineering and Thurne Engineering to form AEW Delford Systems which, in 2006, became a member of Marel Food Systems. The Norwich facility employs a further 145 people engaged in the design, development and manufacture of automatic portion control slicers and saws, high speed slicing machines and systems, robot portion loading and batching systems.

Founded in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1983, the Marel Food Systems group now comprises some of the world's foremost manufacturers of processing systems for the meat, poultry, fish and cheese processing industries.  

Thanks to this substantial investment and close partnerships with its sister companies in the Marel Food Systems Group, AEW Delford is looking forward to a very bright future in a town with a very rich past. “We now have a world class manufacturing facility to match the quality and reputation of our equipment, said David Ashmore, Managing Director of AEW Delford Systems Colchester, at the official opening. “I am certain that we will go on to achieve much and can all look forward to a very bright future together.”