Tait, the global creative engineering group for live experience environments, has opened a new factory in Suffolk, UK.
Having been part of the Haverhill landscape since 1978 in the form of Delstar Engineering*, supplying stage sets and machinery to many West End shows and venues, numerous Cruise Ship theatres, and worldwide theme parks, the firm has now expanded its facilities with a move from Haverhill’s Homefield Road to a new 100,000 ft2 manufacturing facility at The Ridge development on Iceni Way.
The new facility enables TAIT’s expanding team of design engineers, fabricators and industry specialists to assemble equipment for multiple projects simultaneously within the massive factory, which is equipped with four 15-ton cranes and has space for articulated lorries to load and unload within the building. TAIT employs over 100 colleagues in Haverhill, almost 500 across the UK and over 1500 globally. The company exports from Haverhill to projects in the Asia Pacific region, across Europe and to every type of entertainment venue worldwide.
Locals will have spotted that the “Delstar tower” now has a new home and logo in Iceni Way. The 21.5m tall tower is used for safety testing stage machinery, such as the winches that fly scenery or acrobats.
The new facility has been developed with sustainability in mind, with LED lighting, rainwater harvesting, solar panels and facilities for staff EV charging built into the scheme.
* Delstar and Stage Technologies became part of TAIT in 2013.