DESPITE the very difficult downturn which has affected all sectors of manufacturing industry over the past year, SABIC UK Petrochemicals is fighting hard to improve key areas of its business.Read
TO the casual observer the process and materials industry may not at first seem like an industry to throw the region's hopes behind, but the North East is actually home to a phenomenally creative research sector.Read
A FURTHER £2m investment in a hi-tech electronics facility will help the region lead the way in new technological developments potentially creating hundreds of jobs.Read
PETEC, a national prototyping institute for the development and commercialisation of printed electronics, based in the North East, has made a key appointment to its rapidly expanding team.Read
A NEW development centre for printable electronics could bring hundreds of jobs to the region and strengthen Teesside’s position as a world leader in process innovation.Read
The process sector dominates the North-East's economy. But there's more to this complex industry than chemical plants and refineries as Anastasia Weiner discovered.Read
Mike Pitkethly is the new man in charge of nanotechnology in the North-East. After years walking the increasingly blurred line between the public and private sectors, he seems ideally placed to lead the body into a new era. Graeme King reports.Read
