Stroud-based distributor Howard Tenens has signed up for an extra 175,000 sq ft unit in North Manchester.
They have bought a unit at the Stakehill industrial estate, Heywood, close to junction 20 of the M62 and the M60 orbital motorway.
The property, with working height from 4.87m to 6.1m, will now be refurbished.
Savills are understood to have advised the vendors.