Up to 40 new jobs at Control Technique in Newtown

Control Techniques was established in 1974 and employs more than 530 people in Newtown

Up to 40 highly-skilled jobs have been created in Powys with the opening of a new engineering and design facility.

Control Techniques' third facility in Newtown has been officially opened by First Minister Carwyn Jones.

The company already employs about 500 people in the town.

Control Techniques, which makes drives for a variety of machines, received Welsh government funding.