Resideo and Honeywell plan to close their neighbouring Motherwell factories, with 207 jobs at risk

Two manufacturers on the same industrial estate in Lanarkshire have said they plan to close, putting 207 jobs at risk between them. Resideo, which makes heating and plumbing controls, and Honeywell, which builds electronic hardware, both have factories at Newhouse Industrial Estate near Motherwell.

Resideo told its staff at the end of last week that its Newhouse production will move to two of its own factories in Central Europe: Brno in the Czech Republic and Nagykanizsa in Hungary. About 116 jobs are at risk, STV News and the Daily Record reported on 20 October. A Resideo spokesperson said the business had to keep adapting to stay competitive and that the decision followed a consultation process. STV News and The Herald reported that Resideo had told staff the two European plants had lower operating costs. The company's own statement does not mention costs.

Honeywell told staff at its Newhouse site on Tuesday 20 October that it proposes to close it, putting about 91 jobs at risk. A Honeywell spokesperson told The Herald that the work would go to other Honeywell sites, including its site in Poole, Dorset, and that the move was meant to improve efficiency and match manufacturing capacity to what customers will need. Unite said it understood that some of the work could also go abroad.

The two decisions are at different stages. Resideo describes its move as decided, after consultation. Honeywell calls its plan a proposal, to be carried out under UK labour law and local consultation rules.

What is made at Newhouse

Resideo's Newhouse line makes heating and air-conditioning thermostats, heating controls and timers, and plumbing parts for boilers and heat pumps, according to The Herald and STV News. Resideo was spun out of Honeywell in October 2018 and sells its products under the Honeywell Home brand through a royalty-bearing licence from Honeywell, according to its filings.

Honeywell's Newhouse plant assembles and tests electronic systems for several Honeywell businesses, the Department of Health and Social Care said in May 2020. That was when the government ordered 70 million FFP2 and FFP3 face masks from a new line at the site, which was expected to create about 450 jobs at the time. STV News and The National report that the site has also delivered Ministry of Defence contracts.

Where the work goes

Both receiving plants for Resideo's work are established Resideo sites. Nagykanizsa makes gas valves, boiler controls, expansion and water-control valves, sensors and actuators, which it supplies to equipment makers worldwide and through distributors, Resideo said in July 2021.

For anyone who buys Resideo heating controls or boiler and heat-pump parts that are currently made at Newhouse, the supply will come from inside the EU rather than from Scotland once the move is complete. Resideo has not said when production will stop at Newhouse or when the transfer will be finished.

Not the only one this week

On Monday 19 October Bosch's power tools division said it plans to close its lawn and garden site in Stowmarket, Suffolk, by the end of 2027, with 90 roles at risk, the Suffolk News reported. The site has done research and development only since manufacturing there stopped in 2019. Bosch proposes to move the work to existing sites in Germany, Hungary and China. Bernhard Hegemann, who runs the outdoor garden business at Bosch Power Tools, said the step was necessary for economic reasons. Consultation has still to start, and any redundancies would not begin before the first quarter of 2027.

In each case the decision was made inside a multinational group that already had plants elsewhere able to take the work. Two of the three name Hungary as a destination.

The political response

Scotland's Economy Secretary, Stephen Flynn, said he had spoken to Unite, would write to both companies and would work with the UK Government to see what could be done. He said the Scottish Government's Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) service was ready to help staff with skills and job support. Unite called on the Scottish and UK governments to step in. Its general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: "Government needs to intervene and ministers must protect jobs and communities."

Sources: STV News, 20 October 2026; Daily Record, 20 October 2026; The Herald, 20 October 2026; Glasgow Times, 20 October 2026; Department of Health and Social Care, "70 million face masks for NHS and care workers through new industry deal", 15 May 2020; Resideo, Nagykanizsa site announcement, 29 July 2021; Suffolk News, 19 October 2026 (updated 20 October 2026).