ONE of North Yorkshire's top manufacturers has announced two appointments to strengthen its management team.

Elliott Seymour steps up from being works manager to become operations director of Sheppee International Ltd, based at Elvington, and Chris Stocks has been recruited to become customer support engineer.

Sheppee International Ltd makes production line equipment for the glass industry with more than 75 per cent of its precision machinery going overseas.

Updated: 10:30 Tuesday, September 20, 2005