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Vince Cable praises 'incredible' Teesside Cast Products rebirth

BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable praised the "incredible" rebirth of the Teesside Cast Products plant in a visit to the region yesterday.Read

Solar power slowdown hits UK wing of DuPont Teijin

A SLOWDOWN in the solar power market has hit sales and profits at the UK wing of DuPont Teijin.Read

Plans unveiled for Dogger Bank turbine development

TEESSIDERS will get the chance to see the early proposals for the latest phase of the huge Dogger Bank wind energy development this month.Read

First slab of steel produced at SSI's Redcar plant

THE first steel slab has been produced from the former Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar.Read

Blast furnace finally re-lit at SSI's Redcar plant

STEELMAKING has resumed at one of the UK's biggest plants after its blast furnace was finally re-lit, sparking a resurgence in the North East economy.Read

Dodds Brown team promoting The Wilton Centre

LONG-ESTABLISHED local commercial property agency Dodds Brown has been appointed to help promote The Wilton Centre as a unique location for office-based businesses.Read

Redcar care home is riding on the underground

THERE’S something going on down at the bottom of the garden at Castle Dene Care Home.Read

Plaxica set to double size of its Teesside operation

A TECHNOLOGY and licensing company is doubling the size of its Teesside operation with the launch of a pilot plant that will demonstrate the conversion of bio-renewables into polymers using break-through technology.Read

Flying start for young designers at Big Bite Creative

A FLEDGLING design company is going from strength to strength as it gets its teeth into the digital market.Read

Union chief buoyed by talk of Petroplus refinery deal

THE in-administration Petroplus refinery in Essex has reportedly attracted interest from dozens of potential buyers, which could be good news for its sister site on Teesside.Read

Teesside Petroplus oil workers wait for news

WORKERS at the Petroplus oil storage site on Teesside, which went into administration last week, are hoping finance can be secured so it can continue operating.Read

Slaters Electricals finishes work on SSI plant

A NORTH-EAST electrical engineering firm has finished installing the vital power distribution plant needed to power the rebuild of the blast furnace at the SSI site.Read

MP looking for support to save jobs at Petroplus

EFFORTS are being made to financially restructure the beleaguered Swiss company Petroplus, which has put its Teesside oil storage site into administration along with other parts of its UK business.Read

PYReco's tyre recycling plant off to a rolling start

POTENTIAL suppliers for a pioneering energy plant are already coming forward after one of the key figures behind the development gave a presentation on the plans to an industry gathering in the North East.Read

Redcar ASDA Store opens ater revamp

A NEW Asda Supermarket in Redcar has opened its doors following a £500,000 conversion from a Netto store.Read

Norwegian companies bolster jobs firm TechConsult

RECRUITMENT firm TechConsult is looking to boost business by capitalising on a Norwegian engineering boom.Read

Teesside company C-Capture to drive green growth

A CLEAN technology company has been accepted on to the elite Carbon Trust Entrepreneurs' Fast Track programme, a move set to propel its growth further and deliver a firm endorsement to its future potential.Read

Redcar firm Sherwoods Catering open new cafe

THREE generations of a family with catering in its blood have opened a new cafe alongside their outside catering and take-away business that is already keeping hundreds of Tees Valley people well-fed.Read

New tenants sign up for Wilton Centre

THE Wilton Centre business and science park has seen a range of new tenants sign up in the past few months. Since the start of the year, a dozen companies – large and small – have decided to make the 75-acre Wilton Centre site between Middlesbrough and Redcar their new home.Read

Teesside Cast Products plant will employ more than before

AROUND 1,000 jobs are to be created by the new owner of the Teesside steel plant mothballed with the redundancy of more than 800 workers last year.Read

Teesside Cast Products

Teesside steel plant makes plans for 300 extra jobs

THAI firm SSI will announce next month when it will start producing steel on Teesside – with hopes that up to 300 more jobs could also be created.Read

Dave Willis, Neville Hamlin, and Dr Mike Anderson

Teesside incubator accelerates sector

A MULTI-MILLION pound technology incubator to drive growth of emerging businesses has opened on Teesside.Read

Tata Steel urged to secure future of UK workforce

UNION leaders have pressed steel giant Tata to guarantee the future of its UK workforce after the firm unveiled a massive increase in profits.Read

Solar power adds shine to DuPont sales

THE UK outcrop of worldwide manufacturer DuPont Teijin pushed its sales well past the £100m mark in 2010, thanks partly to growth in interest in solar power.Read

Redcar facility is a hi-tech world where dreams can come true

THERE'S often a yawning chasm between having an idea and making it a reality, and that's definitely true of the manufacturing industry.Read

Redcar testing centre will boost region's reputation

A TESTING centre for green energy and sustainable manufacturing will be officially opened today in a bid to improve the region's status as a science-based energy hub.Read

TechConsult UK is expanding into the Asian market

TEESSIDE company TechConsult UK is expanding into the Asian market and has already placed a number of workers on projects in Singapore and Malaysia.Read

John Barton heads up Anaerobic Energy Limited

FORMER Renew director John Barton hopes to be able to tap into the opportunities in waste-to-energy with a new venture but admits its success hangs on its ability to draw funding.Read

Teesport on a roll as container traffic on the up

CONTAINER traffic on Teesside rose 15% last year as demand for shipped goods flooded back to the market.Read

Tyres

North Eastern Tyre and Exhausts are bought out

ONE of the region's biggest tyre and exhaust retailers has been bought out by a firm whose multi-billion-pound revenue parent company has also just wrapped up a deal to purchase motor-servicing giant Kwik-Fit.Read

Teesside Cast Products

Lights are starting to shine bright on Teesside

SSI's historic takeover of Teesside Cast Products has re-ignited local steelmaking, boosted business confidence and sent the Gazette's Teesometer rocketing skywards. Jez Davison reports.Read

Nick Clegg hails Teesside steel revival

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg insisted Britain has a great future as a manufacturing nation on a visit to the Teesside steel plant which has just seen its fortunes transformed.Read

Lighting event tribute to mothballed TCP

THE first anniversary of the mothballing of Teesside Cast Products' - TCP - blast furnace will be marked this weekend with a symbolic illumination of the site in Redcar.Read

Teesside Cast Products buy-out is a bright spot

THE IMPENDING buy-out of the Teesside Cast Products plant has been hailed as a shining light in a gloomy performance by the UK steel industry.Read

Bioinnovel is set to launch its first product

BIO-PROCESSING company Bioinnovel is set to launch its first product into the pharmaceuticals market and move into other new sectors after landing a £325,000 investment.Read

Kris Wadrop

Ambitious plans for Teesside organic waste plant

TEESSIDE chemical sector expert Kris Wadrop is hoping to provide a boost to the region in which he learned his trade, by establishing the UK's first facility to produce chemicals from organic waste such as leftover food.Read

Cash boost for Corus bidder SSI

THE Thai steel company aiming to take over Teesside Cast Products (TCP) in Redcar has reported a rise in revenues and profits and has also received the nod to proceed with a share offering to raise cash to buy the plant.Read

Teesside company CPD secures BP deal

A COMPANY working on Teesside for more than 40 years has sealed a new deal with BP.Read

Thai buyers of Corus may seek stock listing in the UK

THE Thai firm in talks to buy the Corus steel plant in Redcar may seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange.Read

Double award success for utilities giant Sembcorp

UTILITIES giant Sembcorp picked up a clutch of prizes at the biggest awards event for the North East process industry.Read

Immigration move may smooth Teesside deal

THE Government could further aid the rescue of Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar by easing its plans for a strict cap on immigration.Read

BioInnovel signs up at new centre

THE first resident of a new specialist development at The Wilton Centre has been signed up - even before it has opened its doors.Read

Teesside electrician focuses on his real passion

AN ELECTRICIAN who hopes to turn his part-time landscape photography business into his full-time occupation has opened his first exhibition.Read

Organic waste facility could be on the cards

GREEN chiefs say an organic waste facility could be on the cards, as Teesside's public sector food waste figures are revealed.Read

Commercial focus on North East biotechnology

A TOP academic has been appointed to put a fresh commercial focus on biotechnology innovations in the North East.Read

Corus hopes for result from Indian trade trip

WORKERS at the mothballed Teesside Cast Products (TCP) site in Redcar are hoping for positive news from the Chancellor's meeting with top officials from the plant’s parent company Tata in India.Read

Corus takes on first trainees since slump

STEEL firm Corus is to take on 154 new workers and resume apprentice and graduate recruitment at its plant in South Yorkshire.Read

New role Teesside Cast Products Redcar plant boss

THE boss of Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) at Redcar is to give up day-to-day responsibility for the plant.Read

A healthy link-up for Teesside pharmaceutical industry

A KNOWLEDGE transfer partnership between Wilton's Centre for Process Innovation and Durham University will drive forward new manufacturing techniques in the pharmaceutical industry on Teesside.Read

Steel boss admits 'interest' in Teesside Cast Products

THE MD of Corus’ parent Tata Steel was reported this week as confirming that Thai company Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) was interested in buying Teesside Cast Products.Read

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