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Beating heart of Tees Valley

THE facts speak for themselves. The chemical industry is the beating heart of the Tees Valley’s business community. Read

How to develop resource efficiency

OVER recent years householders have seen large increases in the cost of energy. Read

College responds to employer’s needs

KOPPERS UK Ltd has had a distillation site at Port Clarence in operation since the early 1900s and has seen many changes to its name over the years. Read

At the leading edge of a global market

AN unsecured loan from UK Steel Enterprise helped biochemist Albert Pattison to set up his own business in Hartlepool. Read

SABIC plans to grow new acquisition on Teesside

SABIC UK Petrochemicals has recently completed its first six months of operation under its new ownership of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC for short), following its $685 million acquisition from Huntsman. Read

Focused on meeting the challenges

FOSTER Wheeler Energy Limited, the UK-based international project management, engineering, procurement and construction contractor serves the North-east through its Middlesbrough-based Teesside Operation. Read

Aker Kvaerner powers ahead with steam

AS the expansion of the bio technology market continues, alongside an increased confidence in the petrochemical industry, there has been a need to secure the production of additional steam and power within a petrochemical complex. Read

Bringing the best together

BALFOUR Beatty Management successfully continues to provide services to a growing number of significant projects for the chemical process industry in the North-east and abroad. Read

Order book success and nationwide expansion

TEES Valley based Cordell Group is enjoying a successful and profitable 2007. Read

Paving the way for major breakthroughs

EARLY stage venture capital funding is helping North-east businesses to pioneer groundbreaking new technology. Read