Connected Kerb opens £350,000 Aberdeen manufacturing hub

Summary

• The Herald reports a £350,000 investment in an Aberdeen manufacturing and innovation hub.
• Connected Kerb expects the site to produce more than 3,000 public chargers in 2027.
• The opening follows its acquisition of Aberdeen-based Trojan Energy.
• The facility will manufacture the wider Connected Kerb product range.

Connected Kerb has opened a £350,000 manufacturing and innovation hub in Aberdeen, with plans to produce more than 3,000 public electric vehicle chargers there in 2027, according to The Herald. The newspaper reports that a further 25,000 chargers are planned by the end of 2030.

The facility is at W-Zero-1 in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone and will manufacture Connected Kerb’s full range of charging infrastructure products as the company expands across the UK. Its opening follows the acquisition of Aberdeen-based Trojan Energy, whose Flat & Flush on-street charging technology is designed to limit visual impact in historic and heritage areas.

Chris Pateman-Jones, chief executive of Connected Kerb, said, as reported by The Herald: “The city has a fantastic engineering and manufacturing skills base and we saw a real opportunity to build on the expertise that already existed within Trojan Energy.

“We have invested in the facility and are now bringing production of our wider Connected Kerb range to Aberdeen.

“It gives us the manufacturing base we need to support our growth across Scotland and the wider UK.”

The Herald reports that the hub will combine product development and prototyping with environmental testing, 3D printing and volume manufacturing. It will also support the company’s UK network of more than 10,000 installed public chargers. The company has supplied charging infrastructure to Scottish councils through both ChargePlace Scotland and its own network, the newspaper reports.

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Neil Young, deputy chief executive of ETZ Ltd, said, as reported by The Herald: “This is a really positive outcome for Aberdeen and its reputation as a European Capital of Energy Excellence.

“It retains valuable skills and manufacturing capability in the city, while bringing further investment and a platform for future growth.”