PAUL Hartmann Ltd is to build an extension to its office buildings on the Heywood Distribution Park.

The company, which is a subsidiary of the German healthcare and hygiene manufacturer and distributor Hartmann, says it is going from strength to strength.

When it moved to the Heywood site in October, the company employed 55 people and had an annual turnover of £12 million.

Today Hartmann employs 91 people and turnover will exceed £17 million in 2000.

The company supplies healthcare products to hospital and community markets, nursing homes, chemists, drugstores and supermarkets.