A Sutton-based enginering company born out of adversity is flourishing into the 2020s as it celebrates 30 years in business.

ECS Engineering Services, on Fulwood Road South, produces everything from steelwork for the nuclear industry to radial weir gates on the River Thames.

The largest canal lock gates in Britain were designed, fabricated and installed by ECS, which has plans for growth to 2025 and beyond.

Chairman Bob Nix said: “ECS was established as the collieries around Nottinghamshire were being closed down.

“It is apt then that by moving with the times we have since worked on making redundant pits safe so they can become nature reserves, produced equipment for the nuclear power industry and more recently installed eco-friendly composite structures within the water industry with a predicted 100-year life span.”

From relatively humble beginnings working on the coal mines, ECS now has a 50,000ft2 steel fabrication shop, its own steel stockyard, a design office and more than 140 people working in electro-mechanical design, engineering, fabrication, installation and maintenance.

Having won a series of multi-million pound framework contracts for water authorities, the Environment Agency and other utilities across the UK, ECS has been able to increase its headcount.

It won a place on the London Stock Exchange list of Companies to Inspire Britain in 2019 and plans to grow by 25% over the next five years.

To find out more about the services ECS offers and the opportunities it provides, check out the 20+ videos the company has produced on successful projects here.