A FIRM that manufactures anti-skid road surfacing is creating 40 jobs at a new factory in Chorley.

Prismo Product Services, part of the Jarvis group, is setting up a £3.5 million, six-acre site on Chorley North Industrial Park.

The development is being heralded as a major step forward for the town. It will secure 40 jobs and new laboratories and manufacturing operations are currently being installed at the site.

The firm is the UK market leader in their field and have worked on roads all over the world.