The Industry of Industries

The North East is home to the largest single cluster of process, chemicals and energy companies anywhere in the UK, and the second largest in the whole of Europe. Together the multinational companies, that...

Establishing a high performing manufacturing environment

One thing is clear when you visit a high performing, mature manufacturing environment – there exists an unwavering focus on keeping the product flowing across the various processes, systems and machines. Mature manufacturers place...

Broadening Perspectives & Promoting Best Practice

It is no secret that sharing best practices is an excellent way to advance the performance and productivity of a company. Sharing best practices can help companies fill knowledge gaps, improve efficiency, encourage leadership...

Hydrogen: The Second Dash for Gas?

The hydrogen economy is growing in publicity with references occurring in technical journals and news reports, inboxes are overflowing with hydrogen related courses, press releases and events. Perhaps now is the time to look...

Chemical-processing industry responds to increasing cyber security threat

In the BBC’s recent drama series, McMafia, a hacker accessed files and take control of Mumbai Port’s IT network through a vending machine with poor security credentials. At first glance, this may appear implausible,...

South Tees – The Single Biggest Development Opportunity in the UK

In October 2017, an ambitious 25-year plan to redevelop a huge area south of the Tees and create 20,000 jobs was announced by Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen. Hailed the beginning of a new...

A ‘Cracking’ future for commodity chemicals

North East England’s base and petrochemical cluster is one of the foremost in Europe. It is a vibrant collaborative community of companies with many global leaders represented and is quite simply thriving! The commodity chemical...