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£107M FUNDING BOOST FOR CPI
The Centre for Process Innovation,
based in the Wilton Centre, near Redcar,
recently received £107m from the
government to help develop technologies
for future manufacturing – putting
Teesside at the heart of innovation and
ground-breaking research.
#TalkingUpTeesside
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he Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
has welcomed confirmation of a £107m
government funding package to help
develop technologies for next generation
manufacturing.
The commitment, announced during a
Cabinet visit to the North-East, covers a five-
year period and will allow CPI to continue
its extensive track-record of helping industry
bridge the gap between innovation and
commercialisation to bring new products and
processes to market.
The funding will be delivered as part of
the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM
Catapult) programme, which supports UK
manufacturing in the commercialisation of
cutting-edge technologies.
The move will boost local growth and is
expected to create highly-skilled jobs, with
CPI playing a crucial role in delivering the
government’s modern industrial strategy.
CPI is the process manufacturing partner of
the HVM Catapult network, which comprises
seven centres across the UK and works from
sites across the North-East.
Supporting partners in markets such as
healthcare, electronics, energy, aerospace,
chemical processing, food and agriculture,
transport and construction, CPI’s innovation
processes and scientific expertise helps get
products to market faster at lower cost.
CPI chief executive Nigel Perry said:
“This support will allow us to continue
providing that vital support and position CPI
as an increasingly important player in the
government’s modern industrial strategy and
Northern Powerhouse.”
CPI has been given £107m of
government funding to help develop
Tees technologies.
Ambassadors outline
importance of culture
and tourism
A new era for Boulby
Leading global specialty minerals firm
ICL has marked the start of a new era
for the Boulby mine in East Cleveland
with its transition from potash
production, which it has mined for more
than 40 years, to becoming the world’s
only producer of the revolutionary multi-
nutrient mineral polyhalite.
ICL president and CEO Raviv Zoller
was at the mine to praise the efforts
of all those involved in the transition
and also to launch PotashpluS, one of
a range of planned fertiliser products
being developed by ICL, as part of the
“FertilizerspluS” group of products,
some of which are based on the
advantages of the exclusive polyhalite
resource produced in Boulby.
SABIC BACKING FOR FUNDRAISER
Hundreds of local schoolchildren
have enjoyed a better summer break,
thanks to chemical giant SABIC and
business leader Claire Preston joining
forces to support charity Teesside
Philanthropic Foundation.
More than £5,000 was raised for
the Foundation’s Schools Hardship
Fund when Claire – CEO of Tees
educational firm Sound Training –
organised a fundraising 50th birthday party
at Middlesbrough restaurant, The Fork in
the Road.
The unique fundraiser enabled the
Philanthropic Foundation to make substantial
donations towards summer schools, activity
clubs and healthy lunch canteens run by six
Teesside schools during the six-week holiday.
More than 90 business and community
leaders from Redcar and Cleveland met
to discuss the importance of culture and
tourism to the local economy.
The Redcar & Cleveland Ambassadors
breakfast networking event at Redcar
Racecourse included talks from some of
the region’s most influential leaders.
Frans Calje, PD Ports chief executive
and chair of the Redcar & Cleveland
place marketing project, opened the talks
outlining the theme of the day: How
culture, leisure and tourism can bring
about positive change to the economy and
the lives of local people.
INSPIRING WOMEN
PICK UP AWARDS
Inspiring women from across Redcar and
Cleveland were honoured at a special
ceremony.
Nearly 100 people attended the
event at Redcar & Cleveland Leisure
and Community Heart in Redcar and
witnessed women being recognised for
outstanding achievement:
Theresa Cave, Julie Donaldson, Susan
Sherrington, Joanna Fisher and Melanie
Hennessey were all recognised by Redcar
MP Anna Turley during the presentation.