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BUSINESS BRIEFS
‘THIS PRODUCT WILL SELL’
The visionary behind Ebac’s ambitious
plans to bring washing machine
manufacturing back to the UK insists
their product will sell – despite initial
problems trying to convince retailers.
Full production of Ebac’s range of
washing machines will come later
than originally planned, with the first
machines expected to roll off the
production line early this year.
But the firm’s chairman John Elliott told
Aycliffe Today: “We’ve still got to get this
washing machine in the market place,
but we’ve got no doubt at all that it’s
reliable. We’ve tested this probably more
than other companies do, that’s why it’s
taken so long.
“We’ve got to spend a year getting it
out there. Then we want the big boys
to come and talk to us, because our
product is going to sell.”
More on this is in the business
section on www.aycliffetoday.co.uk
HITACHI PRODUCTION STARTS
Hitachi Rail Europe’s newly-installed
production team has started work on the
first two train carriages at the Japanese
firm’s new £82m factory in Newton
Aycliffe.
The first body shells arrived at the Rail
Vehicle Manufacturing Facility on Aycliffe
Business Park from Hitachi’s Kasado
Works in Japan in October.
Hitachi’s state-of-the-art site is where
the Government’s new InterCity Express
Programme (IEP) trains for the East
Coast Main Line and Great Western
Main Line, and AT200 commuter trains
for Scotland, will be manufactured.
Hitachi is expected to employ more than
700 workers when the factory is fully
operational later this year.
BALTIC WINS DEVELOPER
AWARD
Newton Aycliffe-based Baltic Training
Services has won the Skills Developer
Award at the prestigious Dynamites 15
Awards, which celebrates the NorthEast’s IT and technology talent and
growth.
Held at Newcastle’s Civic Centre
Banqueting Hall last week, over 300
guests represented the best of the
North East’s IT and technology business