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CPI SIGNS 10-YEAR WILTON DEAL
The Wilton Centre near Redcar, where
the Centre for Process Innovation
(CPI) has signed a new lease for more
than 10 years.
T
he Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
has signed a new lease on its 47,000 sq
ft of accommodation at the Wilton Centre,
the largest deal at Teesside’s premier science
and business park for more than 10 years.
The technology innovation centre, which
has been based at the Wilton Centre for the
past 13 years, has committed to a further
seven-year lease on its office, laboratory,
pilot plant and scale-up space.
More than 120 people work for CPI at the
Wilton Centre, with a mission to support
the UK process manufacturing industry by
helping to overcome innovation challenges
and developing next generation products and
processes.
Wilton Centre site director Steve Duffield
said: “It’s not just good news for the Wilton
Centre that CPI has committed to be here
for the next seven years, but for all the
companies and
organisations which
have chosen to cluster
around them, creating
a process innovation
hub.
“They are helping
to contribute to the
future success of the
North East economy.”
The re-letting to CPI at the 75-acre
science and business park follows hard on
the heels of the re-letting of 29,000 sq ft
of office space to SABIC, and new leases
of 40,000 sq ft of office and training space
to international electrical safety training
provider The Faraday Training Group, in
addition to 15,000 sq ft of office and
laboratory space to FUJIFILM Diosynth
Biotechnologies, a world leading developer
and manufacturer of biologics-based
medicines.
Wilton Centre is a leading, privately-
owned science and business park located
in the heart of Teesside, just five minutes’
drive from Middlesbrough.
It provides a wide range of top
quality office, laboratory and pilot plant
accommodation at competitive rental terms
with immediate occupancy.
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