A DARLINGTON industrial design company has announced increased sales.

The Forge House Group, which operates from the Cleveland trading estate, has maintained a steady growth.

Closing off its fourth financial year since a management buyout by four employees, the group has continued to trade steadily and now employs more than 40 people.

It has also announced that its three businesses, Forge House Engineering, Forge House Models and Forge House Personnel have been rationalised into one company, Forge House Group Limited.

The management decided on the merger because the group's services and products had become increasingly diversified.

Since the buyout, the group has expanded into light engineering design and manufacture, plastic fabrication, and thermoforming and machining.

New clients include Nissan, Magna Kansei, Domnick Hunter and BioRobotics