ELLIS, the plumbing products division of electrical cable and pipe fixing manufacturer Ellis Patents, is supplying Apache clamps to the a business school and student hub at Manchester Metropolitan University.

The contract to supply NG Bailey, which is constructing the £65million jewel shaped building, follows a win for the Rillington-based business’ electrical business, which has also supplied its Emperor cable cleats to two oil platforms being built for use in the oil fields off the coast of Brazil.