Following a period of sustained growth, high-performance engineering consultancy KWSP is relocating to an all-new, purpose-built ‘skunk works for OEMs’ facility at Silverstone Park.
The new site will enhance the consultancy’s ability to deliver niche vehicle programmes for road and track, alongside ‘horizontal innovation’ projects and further enable technology transfer between sectors.
Given the company’s long-term focus on high-performance automotive and motorsport projects, the new facility nestled beside world-renowned Silverstone Circuit will be an important draw. For customers looking to outsource or ‘Skunk Works’ end-to-end design, development, production and testing of niche vehicle programmes and motorsport projects, the new facility will offer a step-change in capability. The all-new 28,000 sq ft facility combines a modern and expandable office space with a significant and adaptable workshop space and assembly area.
The move coincides with KWSP’s 10-year anniversary, celebrating a decade of consultancy work with blue-chip companies including F1 teams, Automotive OEMs, the aerospace & defence sector as well as professional sports.KWSP’s sister company, the Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) is also located at Silverstone Park and has experienced significant growth since opening in 2021. The DMC is a state-of-the-art commercial additive manufacturing facility that will also continue to produce parts for use in KWSP projects. Co-locating the two businesses will enable greater collaboration, leveraging each other’s capabilities to deliver substantial benefits for both companies.
Kieron Salter, CEO of KWSP, said: “Relocating to new headquarters at Silverstone Park will deliver a step-change in capability for our customers. The new office will house our rapidly growing engineering team, while the hybrid workshop assembly area will give us greater capacity than ever before to deliver high-performance road, track and motorsport projects – not to mention the substantial development and testing advantage of being located next to Silverstone Circuits.
“After ten years of specialist, high-performance engineering and a myriad of fantastic projects, we are now working on some of our most exciting programmes yet. All will be revealed later this year, but this new move marks the beginning of a bold new chapter for the business. It is also a fantastic way to celebrate KWSP’s tenth anniversary and positions us perfectly for another exciting decade of success.
“With the Digital Manufacturing Centre also moving from strength to strength, now is the perfect time to enable greater cooperation and collaboration between KWSP’s high-performance engineering and the DMC’s world-leading additive manufacturing capabilities. This will be hugely beneficial for customer projects, as we will be able to better leverage the DMC’s expertise and production capacity with rapid production and instant delivery.”KWSP expects to move all staff across from the current location at Bicester Heritage by the end of July.
