First Minister Alex Salmond Visits Cochran UK

Cochran recently welcomed First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, to our Annan manufacturing facility.  He was accompanied by local MSP Joan McAlpine, and spent a couple of hours touring the plant and chatting with staff.  He was delighted to learn that Cochran Ltd has a record order book and that a significant proportion, over 40%, is exported.  He was especially pleased to hear of the resultant new jobs that had been created in the Scottish manufacturing sector.  As well as recruiting experienced craftsmen he learnt that we are currently training seventeen apprentices.  He was particularly keen to meet the six new apprentices, who started last month alongside three new design engineers.

Mr. Salmond re-iterated the Scottish Government's ongoing commitment to assisting manufacturing companies, like Cochran, by providing support through Scottish Enterprise in areas such as apprentice training and through Scottish Development International in the development of export markets.