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Serving the Teesside Business Community | 9 Looking ahead: General Manager Sharon Lane says Tees Components is proud of its record in retaining staff. TURNOVER UP AGAIN FOR TEES COMPONENTS By Martin Walker F amily-run engineering company Tees Components has celebrated another increase in turnover after investing more than £2.5m in equipment over the last two years. The 50-year-old firm, which has sites at North Skelton and Lingdale, has increased turnover by around £500,000 for the last two consecutive years - jumping to £5.5m at the end of 2014. Tees Components, which employs 75 people, last year secured a prestigious million-pound contract to supply a groundbreaking Korean oceanographic research ship, designing a thruster for Korea’s first large-scale vessel of its kind. It was a joint venture by the country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology and STX Offshore and Shipbuilding. The company’s record turnover year came just 12 months after celebrating its 50th birthday, and General Manager Sharon Lane says the Tees Components success story is testament to its staff. “We have a highly-skilled and very dedicated workforce, she said, proudly. ” “Their level of engineering skills means we can take on projects for customers which are technically advanced. “And that’s why we win work from all over the world, because we have the skills and the capabilities that some of our competitors don’t. ” Tees Components’ core business is heavy CNC machining, providing precision machining services to wide a range of industries across the UK including power Home: Tees Components has two sites on Teesside, at North Skelton and Lingdale. generation, marine, mining, metal products, process and defence. Its factories, which operate day and night shifts, are capable of handling up to 50 tonnes, while the company exports 50% of sales and also works closely with UKTI, taking part in trade missions and