Antrim company creating 150 new jobs as part of £10 million investment

By Q Radio News

A county Antrim based company has announced a major expansion and £10 million investment that has seen the establishment of four new companies and will create over 150 new jobs in the next year. 

'Jans Group' which acquired a composites business from the Wright Group will double its workforce with the latest move. 

In 2019, the firm established a new home in a 10,000 metres square facility in Caulside Drive, Antrim. 

Since then, the group has developed multiple products and at the start of 2021, its board decided to launch four new companies to allow for accelerated growth of each of their product lines.  

Building on the strong advanced materials and transport knowledge Etrux Ltd, a sustainable focused lightweight commercial vehicle business was formed to bring an evolution to lightweight, high quality commercial vehicles, while establishing a manufacturing base in Antrim and a sales and leasing team in England. 

The next business established was Jans Off Site Solutions LTD, which constructs modular buildings for the leisure and residential market.

Jans Finance was then launched to support clients in uncertain times with various purchase and leasing options which has proven a key to driving these two companies forward.

The company launched a retail offering in Boucher Road, Jans Lifestyle Ltd, which includes camper van sales and rentals, garden rooms and a full range of lifestyle products for outdoors. 

Ronan Hamill, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jans Group said, “In 2019, there was an opportunity to take what we did and create something much bigger which was rooted in the community.

Ronan Hamill, CEO of Jans Group.

"This opportunity has grown exponentially with the formation of various companies under the Jans Group brand, which includes our initial company, Jans Composites.

"We expect these companies to perform very well in the future and have set an ambitious target to achieve a £50 million turnover in the next five years. 

“Our main aim behind the establishment of Jans Group was to broaden our customer base, bring innovative new products to market and build a business that would support the livelihood of those who work there.

"Occasionally, those towns outside Belfast can be forgotten about but we want to make Antrim a centre for innovation, creativity, opportunity, and expansion.

"We know that Antrim and the surrounding districts have very skilled workers, and our desire is to provide a working environment that is progressive, forward thinking and innovative for those people.”

Pictured are: Anne Marie McCartney, CFO and Jans Finance, Jeff McMullan, Jans Composites, Ronan Hamill, CEO, Edel Doherty, Offsite Solutions, Peter Drayne, Group Director, Neil Jarvis, Jans Lifestyle, Stephen Reid, Group Commercial Director, and Gerard Calvin, Etrux.