Kite Power Systems (KPS) has opened a new head office at the Tontine Innovation Centre in Glasgow in Scotland.

The company is planning to hire 10 more staff in the first quarter of 2017 and increase the total headcount by 25 by the end of the first year in Scotland.

It recruiting a software engineer, project manager, project engineer and business development manager to join the Glasgow team and an electrical engineer to complete the initial team of five engineers at the test facility.

KPS’s management and design engineering team will be based in Glasgow, with a further team of test and development engineers based at the West Freugh facility, 8km southeast of Stranraer.

Consultancy Natural Power will also provide further technical support.

KPS business development director David Ainsworth said: “As an important hub for innovation in renewable energy, Glasgow ticked all the boxes as a new KPS head office location.”

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