North: Jobs boost as aero engineering firm expands

The recovery of the aircraft industry from crisis times after the 9/11 attacks gave a specialist Co Down engineering company the confidence today to announce the doubling of its workforce as part of a multi-million pound expansion plan.

Greyabbey-based John Huddleston Engineering has embarked on the £6.7m (€9.75m) investment programme to strengthen its position as a supplier of aircraft components to the global aerospace industry.