GE Oil & Gas has completed a £13.6 million investment in its operation at Montrose.
The company said the enhancements at its Brent Avenue and Charleton Road sites will allow it to meet the current and future requirements of the global energy sector.
They are in direct response to customer need, and will provide advanced capabilities across its subsea manufacturing and test and assembly activities.
The firm has completed construction of a 1,000 square metre heat treat and cladding workshop at Brent Avenue, with structural work beginning on a new 600 square metre administration block, scheduled for completion in June.
The business has also purchased six new machine tools and doubled the number of cladding stations on-site, a move designed to improve delivery times for customers and drive greater cost efficiencies.
These latest investments are valued at £11m ($16.5m).
GE has further finished the new high bay unit at the Charleton Road site, the result of a £2.6m ($4m) investment.
The company employs 450 people in Montrose with 50 joining the workforce last year.
Scot Kelly, plant leader at Charleton Road, said: “The oil and gas sector is going through a period of adjustment, but we have been through many cycles of this nature before, both as an organisation and as an industry.
“What is most important is that we mustn’t lose sight of our customers’ needs and the long-term viability of our industry.
“We are consistently advancing to offer the very best to our customers, and these latest upgrades are no exception.
“Investments like this position us well, enabling us to improve our speed to market and enhance our ability to respond so that we can successfully fulfil the present and future needs of oil and gas customers and developments around the world.”
Charleton Road’s high bay, which measures 40m (w) x 23m (h), has been equipped with a 75-tonne capacity crane to accommodate the larger subsea production systems common of the industry today.
Six new pressure test bays have also been added along with a larger gas test pit, improving the site’s inspection capabilities.
Brent Avenue plant leader William McCurdie said: “Cladding is a critical step in the manufacturing process and this new equipment will ensure we are able to undertake the more complex cladding operations required for technologies destined for deep water projects around the world.
“The time savings that this improved facility will provide are critical and will allow us to work towards delivering a higher volume in less time, a key focus area for both GE and our customers.”