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FUJIFILM EXPANDS TEES
OPERATION TO WILTON CENTRE
“This is great news for Fujifilm, the Wilton
Centre and the whole of Teesside, with the
expansion of a world leading company in the
region,” said Wilton Centre site director Steve
Duffield.
“Fujifilm is exactly the sort of occupier we
want to attract to the Wilton Centre to make
use of our unique combination of office,
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has
laboratory and process development space.
taken 15,000 sq ft of space at The
“The centre’s owners, Angelo Gordon
Wilton Centre near Redcar.
and Trinity Investment Management, which
acquired the business park in March 2016,
ujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a world are especially keen to see leading scientific
leading developer and manufacturer of
research and development businesses at the
biologics-based medicines, has taken
Wilton Centre and at their other science and
15,000 sq ft of space at the Wilton Centre
technology parks in the UK.”
near Redcar, on a new 10-year lease.
Paul Found, COO of FUJIFILM Diosynth
This is one of the most significant lettings
Biotechnologies UK, added: “Fujifilm
at the 75-acre science and business park in
is committed to growing its contract
the past decade.
development and manufacturing business
rapidly to fulfil the global demand for
It follows hard on the heels of Faraday
Training Group taking 36,000 sq ft at the
biopharmaceuticals.
Wilton Centre for a new training hub.
“Our expansion into Wilton has allowed
us to efficiently increase our development
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies is
expanding its development facilities, presently capabilities in the UK.”
Stephen Brown, senior partner at
located in Billingham, by equipping two floors
at the Wilton Centre.
Middlesbrough-based Dodds Brown which
acted on behalf of the Wilton Centre, said:
The firm has more than 25 years of
experience in process development and
“It was important for Fujifilm to find room to
manufacturing, employs 1,200 people
expand, but to remain in the Teesside area –
worldwide and also has facilities in North
the Wilton Centre had the right mix of space
Carolina and Texas in the United States.
to meet their diverse needs.”
F
Collaboration the
‘write’ move for
copywriter
Businesswoman Helen Shinner is
celebrating the one year anniversary of
her rebranded company, HS Copywriting,
by calling for more collaboration between
SMEs in Teesside.
Helen, who founded her Redcar-based
company following over a decade of
experience in the marketing industry, is
part of a growing wave of entrepreneurial
self-starters in Teesside’s creative industry.
The Teesside University graduate
originally started her business as HS
Marketing in August 2015, with backing
from the Princes Trust, before rebranding
to become HS Copywriting in April 2016.
Streamlining the business to focus on
the most popular service has proved key
to its ongoing success across a wide
range of industries including commercial,
construction, digital and healthcare.
HUNTSMAN INVESTS IN
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
ElringKlinger starts
work on £12m contract
Automotive parts manufacturer
ElringKlinger has started production on a
£12m-a-year contract with Jaguar Land
Rover.
The Redcar-based car parts maker,
which employs over 300 people, was
selected by Jaguar Land Rover to meet
new demands after Britain’s largest car
manufacturer unveiled its new state-of-
the-art engine manufacturing centre in
Wolverhampton, which produces 1,200
engines a day.
ElringKlinger will now manufacture
and supply 36 heat shield and gasket
components, which will be used in
both engine bay and vehicle assembly
applications, for six engine variants.
Managing director Ian Malcolm
(pictured) said: “Implementation of this
programme has been running for over
three years, so it’s great to see the
contract coming into fruition as the first
components come off the production
line.”
Nine managers from Huntsman
Polyurethanes’ Wilton site are celebrating
their success in achieving Chartered
Management Institute (CMI) qualifications
in management and leadership.
The company is committed to developing
management and leadership skills to
complement existing technical expertise
and worked with Yarm-based Helios People
Development to achieve success in level 3
and level 5 CMI qualifications.
The Helios development programme
blended bespoke workshops with one
to one coaching and was supported with
workbooks and a wealth of online learning
resources.
Topics covered included decision making,
stakeholder relationships and managing
team performance – key skills for current
and future managers.
60 JOBS
SAFEGUARDED
AFTER DEAL
More than 60 jobs have been safeguarded
on Teesside following the acquisition of
Redcar-based industrial services company
CIS Northern.
The deal was spearheaded by current
regional director Mike Lee, who partnered
with WSG UK and colleague Mike
Winchester.
The company which will ultimately be
re-branded as WSG Industrial Services,
says it has an aggressive plan to increase
turnover from the current group combined
£17m to £25m in just three years and is
now able to complete a full life-cycle of an
overhaul, thanks to the multi-disciplinary
skills on offer by the total workforce.
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