MTIB hosted Alun Davies AM, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and European Programmes and Huw Lewis AM, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney on 26th September 2011.

The purpose of visit was to discuss the future of European Funding for the South Wales Valleys area. MTIB's successful European Objective 1 funded Blueprint Project supported over 700 people into work and provided state of the art facilities and resources at Triangle Business Park, Pentrebach. He met with MTIBs senior executives, and had an enjoyable tour of our manufacturing facility and our premises to get a first-hand view of the products our disabled people produce for the garden furniture and household and office furniture environments.

Deputy Minister for European Programmes, Alun Davies AM, said: "I am pleased to see how EU funding can provide opportunities for everyone to develop the skills they need to access sustainable employment which, in turn, will build a stronger workforce.”

MTIB Chief Executive Richard Welfoot said: “MTIB's Objective 1 funded Blueprint Project has not only successfully supported disabled and disadvantaged people into jobs, but has also provided our excellent facilities and resources. Our aim is to build on these achievements and continue to provide quality employment support services to disabled and disadvantage people within Merthyr Tydfil and the surrounding area.”