Goodman secures Oz investment
A Nottingham engineering company is expanding its overseas trade after obtaining a funding package from NatWest.
Goodman Metalworks has won a commission from Kangaroo Point Park in Brisbane, Australia, to create a sculpture to be featured in the city centre.
The new sculpture is 23 metres high and made of stainless steel. It has been designed by Nottingham architect Wolfgang Buttress who has created similar sculptures for sites in Belfast and Manchester.
NatWest has increased the working capital support it currently extends to Goodman to allow them to meet the costs of the commission, including the shipment to Australia.
Managing director Richard Goodman said: "This is one of our largest international commissions and is exciting because it introduces our work to a new market. Traditionally our customers have been based across the UK and Europe, so the chance to broaden our market reach creates new opportunities for the company as we move into 2012."
Goodman, based at Colwick Industrial Estate, specialises in supplying finished metal fabrications in mild and stainless steel.
