Econ Engineering sales director Andrew Lupton has passed away, aged 56.
The company said Andrew died on Sunday 9 January, and that death had come as a ‘terrible shock’.
He ran the second-generation family engineering business alongside his brother and co-director Jonathan Lupton and finance director Bev Shepherd.
Econ Engineering said he ran the business with ‘immense passion and enthusiasm’ and that ‘his drive and determination helped grow Econ into the business it is today’.