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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group announces exclusive recruitment partnership with Wabtec UK.

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Wabtec Corporation expands facilities to Barton, New York, United States, Northern America, Americas.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group announces exclusive recruitment partnership with Wabtec UK. Talent specialist Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group has secured a three-year exclusive UK recruitment partnership with Wabtec UK, a global rail technology and engineering business delivering manufacturing, maintenance, and overhaul services across rail sub systems and components, following a competitive tender process. The agreement will see Ford & Stanley responsible for the provision of permanent and contract recruitment services spanning shop floor to senior leadership across all business disciplines over the next three years. The partnership supports Wabtec's significant investment in a new facility in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, which is set to create in excess of 150 new jobs across Engineering & Technical, Operations & Manufacturing, Commercial & Business Support, and Leadership roles. Nick Sinclair, UK Head of Operations and Site Leader, Wabtec UK said: "Rail Forum made a deliberate decision to move away from multiple recruitment suppliers and appoint a single strategic partner who could underpin its ambitions to build a UK centre of excellence for rail equipment, systems, digital solutions. Securing the right talent for its flagship site is essential to delivering on its UK growth ambitions, and that means having a recruitment partner who truly...

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Facility expansion

What this signalsA bigger facility often needs new equipment, systems and services.

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Barton, New York, United States

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NYSE:WAB

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Detected
May 14, 2026
signal_type
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signal_subtype
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