The new facility, financed without a loan, gives the company a 50% increase in manufacturing capacity.

The move comes exactly a year after Selkirk-based Oregon expanded into the English market by opening a 20,000ft2 factory in Burton upon Trent.

Increasing English business has been a feature of Oregon’s improved performance in the past year, as evidenced by its newly-released trading results for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The company’s group pre-tax profits rose to £792,000 (2011: £541,000), with turnover rising marginally to £13.2m.
Turnover in the English market increased to £2.4m from £1.4m a year earlier.

"We are very pleased that we have now created new production capacity which will enable us to increase our service to clients as they respond to the recovering housing market," said Oregon chairman Roderick Lawson.

The company has also appointed Gerry More as director responsible for strategy and development. Mr More, former chairman of Homes for Scotland and also previously a main board director of CALA Group, will develop Oregon’s position in England.