Houseman and Falshaw has completed a new headquarters for Ilkley-based Spooner Industries

North Yorkshire construction company Houseman and Falshaw has completed a new headquarters for Ilkley-based Spooner Industries.

The complete £3.5 million scheme involved the construction of a new base for the long-established engineering company on land at Railway Road adjacent to its former site which is to be redeveloped.  Spooner Industries is an Original Equipment Manufacturer, supplying dryers, ovens, coolers and oxidisers to a range of industries including paper, converting, food and metals.

The 56,000 sq ft development comprises a factory, test and R&D centre, modern office and visitor facilities for Spooner, which exports all over the world.  The company is one of Ilkley’s biggest employers, with more than 100 staff.

Spooner Industries was established in 1932 by Ilkley resident William Wycliffe Spooner and has been on its present site since the early 1950s.

Houseman and Falshaw, based at Copgrove, near Harrogate, specialises in construction for a wide range of sectors. Recent projects have included a new Doncaster head office building for furniture giant DFS; a new office complex in Sunderland and a development of high quality industrial and office premises at Wharncliffe Business Park near Barnsley. Other current projects include a new golf training facility at Rudding Park near Harrogate, transport infrastructure and sports facilities at Ashville College in Harrogate and new car parks for Asda supermarkets in Sunderland and Middlesbrough.