Aston Martin Works Service has announced the beginning of its first stage to develop both the business and its historic Newport Pagnell premises.
Kingsley Riding-Felce, Director of Aston Martin Works Service said, “After many years we have established ourselves as a leader in Aston Martin service, repair and restoration here at Newport Pagnell. The ability now to invest in our buildings is very exciting indeed. This integrated plan also sees some key additions to both the team and its capabilities to cater for current and future customer demands.”
Formalized just 11 years after the company’s founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford first developed their own cars, the roots of Aston Martin Works Service go back to the 1924 Service Department.
Comprising a highly skilled and factory-trained team, Works Service is proud to have over 530 years of Aston Martin experience within its ranks and a worldwide reputation for the quality of its service, repair and restoration of up to 2500 Aston Martins and Lagondas from over 30 countries each year.
A central part of this strategic plan will be incorporating the recently formed Works Tailored department which, with close support from designers and engineers at Aston Martin at Gaydon, formalizes and expands upon decades of creating the ultimate level of personalization for customers. From creating unique colors, materials and finishes through to integrating the latest technology, Works Tailored provides customers with a route to take an idea through to a crafted and thoroughly engineered reality.
A further part of the Newport Pagnell development is the addition to Works Service of a fully operational Aston Martin dealership allowing Works Service to sell new, used and heritage Aston Martins. Aston Martin Newport Pagnell will further strengthen the company’s well established network of 20 sites in the UK.
Aston Martin’s connection with Newport Pagnell dates back to the 1950s. As the base of well known coachbuilders, Salmon & Sons, the Tickford Street site was purchased by Aston Martin owner, David Brown, as the perfect place from which to base both Aston Martin and Lagonda in an area that already boasted a highly skilled workforce.
Home to Aston Martin production for over 50 years up until 2007, Newport Pagnell maintains very close ties with the company by remaining the home of Works Service.
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