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Serving the Teesside Business Community | 29 Applied Integration directors Garry Lofthouse, Graham King and Lee Raywood are planning to build on successes that have earned them contract wins to build systems for nuclear attack submarines. 2020 vision 10 years on – and going from strength to strength. Tees Business hears how Applied Integration has become one of Teesside’s most exciting businesses “O ver the next five years we aim to double our turnover and double our manpower.” Applied Integration has reached a 10-year milestone that allows director Garry Lofthouse a moment to reflect on all that they have achieved. But this is a business leader who is looking forward to the future with focus and excitement, rather than back to a past that achieved successes well beyond the hopes he once shared with his fellow directors. Garry is one of four directors who confidently predict the Stokesley-based systems integrators can increase their current turnover of £4.4 million to around £8 million by 2020. And they hope to create more than 30 new jobs, including many engineering roles for bright young Teesside graduates, a ́ѡ