NORTH EAST TIMES: BURNING ISSUE , JUNE 2019 Philip Aldridge Chief Executive, North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) We are suffering, as a nation, from poor productivity, holding back our international competitiveness, not to mention people’s wages. The South…

  A Billingham-based water and wastewater treatment specialist has secured a six-figure investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Biochemica Water, founded by Teesside-born David Ruddy and his business partner Dr Timothy Robinson, provides legionella control, boiler and cooling…

  KD Pharma Group SA announced that it has acquired a manufacturing site in Seal Sands, United Kingdom.  The KD Pharma UK LTD entity will expand KD Pharma’s capacity for manufacturing omega-3-based intermediates used in producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).…

  Teesside-based engineering firm Avenium Engineering Ltd, previously known as Prosafe, has received a £225,000 investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Avenium designs, supplies, installs…

  On Wednesday 29th May, NEPIC held a Best Practice visit with our ‘Manufacturer of the Year’, Billingham-based FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. Guests toured the world class microbial biologics manufacturing facility before hearing about the firm's HVAC systems and some of…

  Please see the attached report for the Biomass Biorefinery Network - Plastics in the Bioeconomy. This report has highlighted the major potential for compostable packaging in the UK, with significant direct and indirect economic benefits capable of being unlocked…

  BPE has appointed a new principal process engineer as it continues to expand. Karmele Sagarzazu joins the firm’s North West office in Daresbury, where she will advise and lead on projects for BPE’s growing raft of clients. Karmele has…

  Petrochemical company SABIC will welcome new maintenance partner Bilfinger to the North East following a €58m deal between the two firms. Bilfinger, which specialises in industrial services and is headquartered in Warrington, won the contract to provide maintenance to…

  Local payments from the company behind the development of Woodsmith Mine towards protecting and enhancing the environment, developing skills, supporting tourism and increasing rail provision, have reached £5 million – just two years after its construction commenced in May…