One of Ripon’s biggest employers has appointed a highly qualified Facilities Manager as the family-run engineering businesses seeks to further expand its operations.

L-R: Gareth Bovington and Econ Engineering’s maintenance manager, Fernando Sarmento de Alencar.

Gareth Bovington, who was facilities and environment manager at the Monks Cross shopping centre, on the outskirts of York, will supervise the day to day running of each of Econ Engineering’s sites in Yorkshire, Alloa and Cardiff.

The company, which is soon to open another depot at Sowerby, near Thirsk, is the country’s largest producer of gritters and road mending vehicles. It has a hire fleet of more than 800 vehicles and employs a 240-strong workforce.

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