Smashing a sake barrel for good luck
GS Yuasa recently celebrated a momentous occasion as GS Yuasa Corporation President Osamu Murao officially opened the company’s new facility at Ignition Park, Swindon. The new site will act as the headquarters for GS Yuasa Battery Europe as well as the sales and distribution centre for GS Yuasa Battery Sales UK.
President Murao, along with guests and GS Yuasa colleagues, cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new facility. The event welcomed 100 guests to the 178,500 square foot site, including a selection of customers, suppliers, local dignitaries, and GS Yuasa colleagues. The Japanese-themed ceremony featured the smashing of a sake barrel for good luck and prosperity, along with speeches from company executives. Tours of the facility also showcased GS Yuasa’s technology, such as an AGV demonstration.
GS Yuasa Battery Europe will also relocate to the new facility from their current offices at GS Yuasa’s UK factory in Ebbw Vale, Wales. The company oversees GS Yuasa’s six European companies, and the move will strengthen finance, supply chain and IT operations across the continent in support of the groups ambitions to grow market share in all markets and regions.
