Jenny Simpson

Areas to consider when expanding your Businesses Process Industry Opportunities

Business people are always looking for opportunities; we offer some key tips on the best places to look.

Companies are often looking for opportunities to develop their business further. In the Process Industry it is important that you have the right staff and the right backing in the region you are moving into.

One area that you should give serious consideration to is the North East of England. It has more than 200 companies, many of which are Global names, who are involved in the North East Process Industry cluster. This means that there are over 35,000 people involved in the process industry in the North east. There are also an additional 350 companies involved in the first and second tier supply chain.

 Tees Valley has the largest petrochemical complex in the UK and has Europe’s biggest hydrogen collection and storage network and so it as the very cutting edge of the future of fuel. In the past 3 years more than £1bn has been invested in the North East region’s process industries during including the largest bio-manufacturing investment in the world during 2003-2004.

 Of course if you are looking for Process Industry Opportunities the development of the sector is supported by top-ranking research at the region’s universities into an impressive range of advanced science and related technologies. The Centre of Excellence for Process Innovation (CPI) is also conducting research and is co-ordinating the commercial exploitation of emerging technologies.

 Regional universities have either the maximum 5* or 5 (world-class) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) rated research in: applied mathematics, biological science, chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical & electronic, general engineering, mechanical & manufacturing, physics, medicine and key activity in pharmaceutical, pharmacology and analytical sciences.

Three key research platforms in the region (new products, new processes and new energy) with multicompany collaboration are attracting new industries to the region. Accessible technologies include microtechnology, super-critical fluids, flexible polymer electronics, hydrogen fuel cells, batch to continuous processing, bio-processing, chiral synthesis, oxidations, reductions, pharmaceutical R&D, clinical trials. Research centres established in the region include the National Industrial Biotechnology Facility, the National Particulates Centre and the National MicroFluidics Centre.

 If you are looking for a business opportunity or somewhere to expand your business then consider the North East of England, where there is highly skilled labour, backing from the universities and an excellent infrastructure.

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