A Staffordshire engineering firm is to celebrate its 25th anniversary in style - with a birthday bash for its employees and customers.

Staffordshire Precision Engineering is holding the event, at the Manor House Hotel in Alsager on November 10th, to thank people for their support and hard work over the past quarter of a century. Joint MD Phil Smith said: 'We've come a long way since my dad founded the company in 1981.

'He started the company from scratch to provide the facility of a local jobbing shop for larger manufacturers in the area.

'Over the years we have specialised into manufacturing small to medium volumes of high precision components.

We now have 36 employees and a turnover of over GBP2m.

'It's taken a lot of hard work and we couldn't have done it without the support of our customers, suppliers and most importantly, our workforce.

'This event is to thank all of them, celebrate our first 25 years and look forward to the next 25.' The firm, which is based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, manufactures specialist components for various industries including the aerospace, scientific instruments and the automotive sector.