MILLFIELD COMPOSITES Case study: Wilton International Millfi eld Composites Group Ltd is based in Hartlepool and has 30 years’ experience manufacturing component parts using fi breglass Tees Valley is home to the Wilton International site, the (GRP) and other materials such as carbon fi bre, natural fi bre, PU largest ‘private wire’ electricity network in the UK with and pDCPD. Key services include RTM; VARTM; infusion; handlay between 140-160 MW of on-site generation capacity and RIM processes, plus 5 Axis CNC trim, bonding, robot available to users. It is also connected to the national painting and assembly. Major markets include construction, transmission system for security of supply. Low cost power housing, industrial vehicles and transport, including rail. generated on-site at Wilton avoids certain National Grid charges and green taxes, providing manufacturers with LIONWELD KENNEDY competitively priced energy from the largest private electricity distribution network in the UK Lionweld Kennedy Flooring Ltd (LK) is based in Middlesbrough, in Tees Valley. LK is the major supplier of Open Grid fl ooring GAS or gratings for low maintenance pedestrian through to heavy wheeled loading requirements. LK also supply composite Locating at Wilton International reduces the typical consent products including supplier stair treads and standard handrails and install time for an industrial gas connection from 2-3 as well as welded heavy duty offshore barrier handrails, gates, years to less than one year. Connection costs are signifi cantly ladders and other secondary metalwork access fabrications in cheaper reducing project capex. Gas is competitively priced carbon steel/GRP/stainless or aluminium. LK are a successfully compared to the rest of the UK due to access to short haul invested and innovative company with over 100 years’ experience gas via the North Sea and utilisation of Tees Valley’s who currently employ around 200 staff. excellent infrastructure.
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Based in Darlington, CFM can provide bullet proof fi breglass Locating at Wilton International reduces the consent and panels or hygienic tile panels with built in antimicrobial protection. install time for an electrical connection from around 2 years CFM Ltd is dedicated to producing high quality products with total to several months and the connection costs are typically less TeesValley traceability of raw materials and on-time deliveries. than new electricity connections external to the site. Savings can be made on electricity supply for industrial consumers Wider North East compared to the rest of the UK due to the on-site supply Advancing the arrangements. LAMPLAS Composites Industry Based in Consett for over 40 years, Lamplas is among the largest GRP and solid surface moulders in the UK. Lamplas’ moulding SOUTH TEES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION services include GRP composite spray-up, glass fi bre hand layup and closed mould RTM systems, vacuum forming along with solid The South Tees Development Corporation has been created to surface casting. Other services include in-house design, model drive economic growth and business investment in Tees Valley. and pattern making, with mould tool manufacture and prototype The site covers approximately 4,500 acres of land to the south build of components. of the River Tees and is wholly in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland. It is in the heart of Tees Valley’s industrial zone and SCIGRIP benefi ts from strategically important businesses, facilities and operations, which includes the site of the former SSI steelworks, Based in Washington, SCIGRIP Smarter Adhesives Solutions as well as other industrial assets. Being at the mouth of the River combines two global leaders in the adhesives industry, Weld-On Tees, the area benefi ts from river access and encompasses the and Holdtite, enabling the manufacture of world class structural major port facilities of Teesport and Redcar Bulk Terminal. The and engineered adhesive products on a global scale. South Tees area benefi ts from being situated within a major export region for the UK, with Teesport being the largest exporting port in NORTH EASTERN COMPOSITES LTD England. Wilton International, the world-renowned major Based in Cramlington, North Eastern Composites manufacture industrial complex, is immediately to the south of the site. GRP mouldings from Dormer windows, Canopies, Columns and GRP window surrounds for the construction industry, through to SUPPORT water, sewage and chemical storage tanks. Companies locating to Tees Valley can take advantage of grant Secure sites with low cost power for funding, skills support and access to Enterprise Zone sites energy intensive manufacturing offering tax incentives or business rate relief. We can help with introductions to a wide range of support Tees Valley’s large scale infrastructure and utilities can organisations from both the public and private sectors and signifi cantly reduce the capex and opex of investment projects also facilitate links to companies already in your supply chain. compared to other European locations. Tees Valley provides ‘energy intensive’ occupiers with a ‘plug and play’ solution Contact the Business Investment Team at the Combined and sites that benefi t from pre-consented planning permission Authority to discuss how we can support you. for occupiers.
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3320462046 AECAEC BrochureChosen.inddBrochureChosen.indd 1-21-2 006/11/20176/11/2017 11:1311:13 Tees Valley is one of the most signifi cant Upstream composites supply chain SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS Within composites, trials with the likes of the University of the West of Scotland and Spirit AeroSystems Inc. have demonstrated integrated industrial economies in the UK, SABIC UK Petrochemicals and SABIC Innovative Plastics have improvements to inter-laminar shear strength, where the producing some 30% of the UK’s chemical INEOS manufacturing operations in Tees Valley. introduction of graphene is acting to reinforce the resinous areas. output. With world class chemistry expertise, INEOS leads the global market for the production of acrylonitrile, SABIC IP are based at Thornaby in Stockton-on-Tees and are Tees Valley is well positioned to support the an important molecule for the production of plastics such as focused on the production of Verton, a long glass fi bre, injection In March 2017, AGM supported SHD Composites launch of a range growth of the global composites industry. the polyacrylonitrile resin, an essential ingredient used in the moulding compound characterised by outstanding mechanical of graphene pre-impregnated (composite) products, MTC9800, for manufacture of carbon fi bre. performance. SABIC IP’s core market is the automotive industry sales to their customer base. The Tees Valley offer includes acrylonitrile with the LNP Verton long glass fi bre sold as a metal replacement In Tees Valley, INEOS operates a world scale 280,000 tonne Structural InkTM is AGM’s innovative graphene delivery technology, feedstock, polymers and glass fi bres, product. Example automotive applications include seat belt p.a. acrylonitrile plant from a 268 acre site based at Seal Sands. that once fully commercialised, will be targeted at the advanced tensioner housings, starter ring gears, mirror brackets and pre-eminent resins expertise, embedded composites industry. This comprises the deposition of graphene INEOS holds strategic relationships with many downstream light grilles. power infrastructure and proximity to nanoplatelets directly onto composite laminates, boosting the carbon fi bre producers covering aerospace, automotive and UK and European fabricators and SABIC UK Petrochemicals runs a number of major assets on mechanical toughness, performance and structural design of consumer segments. For example, in the US, INEOS’ acrylonitrile the Wilton International site including the Olefi ns 6 “Cracker” composite materials. Four specialist end-users from different composites customers. is enabling Toray to fulfi l $11 billion worth of carbon fi bre supply plant which makes ethylene and propylene, plus a Low Density sectors of the composites industry, including Prodrive Composites, for the manufacture of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and forthcoming Uniquely, Tees Valley has the largest private Polyethylene Plant. In 2017, SABIC fi nished upgrading the Olefi ns 6 have committed to explore Structural InkTM with potential near 777X fl eets. wire electricity network in the UK enabling Cracker to take ethane feedstock. This major investment will make term applications in motorsport and aerospace. manufacturers to realise signifi cant savings it one of the most competitive plants of its kind in Europe. VICTREX Downstream composites supply chain on both capex and opex, compared to other Victrex operates from a site at Seal Sands, Tees Valley, where it LUCITE INTERNATIONAL Tees Valley has a strong advanced manufacturing base with UK locations. This operating environment produces benzophenone difl uoride (BDF), the key raw material Lucite International, part of the Mitsubishi Group, has companies supplying automotive, aerospace, defence and energy is enhanced by unrivalled materials and for PEEK (polyetheretherketone) thermoplastic polymers. manufacturing operations in Stockton-on-Tees. Lucite is the customers in the UK and internationally. The following companies chemistry expertise within Tees Valley’s Victrex is a manufacturer of specialist PEEK, a durable, high biggest producer in the world of MMA (methyl-methacrylate), in Tees Valley and the wider North East of England have expertise business base, universities and strength and lightweight plastic. PEEK is part of the PAEK the precursor of Perspex Acrylics and fi rst manufactured in in the development, manufacture and supply of composites related innovation stakeholders. (polyaryletherketone) family of polymers. the North East of England. products and services.
Victrex serves a diverse range of downstream markets from Lucite produces liquid acrylic resins to produce cold curing Tees Valley’s combined offer of infrastructure NIFCO and materials expertise is particularly attractive consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, oil & gas platforms mixtures containing ATH fi llers that are ideal for casting in and medical devices. Within automotive, Victrex is supporting simple moulds to create solid surface sheets and shaped articles. Nifco is an automotive Tier 1 supplier based in Stockton-on-Tees to energy intensive manufacturers. European OEM’s with PEEK based applications across ABS Applications include kitchen worktops, solid surfaces, bathtubs in Tees Valley which produces plastic components used in the Tees Valley is home to key businesses active in braking systems, transmission systems and gears, driving and washbasins. UV and colour stability, heat and scratch engines, interiors and exteriors of cars made by Nissan, Ford, innovation in light-weighting and fuel effi ciency solutions. resistance coupled with relatively low cost casting technology Honda, Toyota, Vauxhall Opel and Jaguar Landrover. It is part both the upstream and downstream composites For example, when used in gears, PEEK is 70% lighter than metal allows for signifi cant design and application freedom. Additionally, of Nifco Inc, a global business, headquartered in Japan. industry, as highlighted here. gears and offers 50% lower noise vibration versus metal. Lucite’s MMA is ideal for mixing with coloured quartz and sands Nifco UK has seen its business grow to employ more than 500 to create the main ingredient for composite sinks. Elvacite® people and the business is on course to reach turnover of £90m SOLVAY resin functions as a low profi le additive to improve the surface by 2020 after recording its eight successive year of growth. characteristics. Solvay’s Composite Materials Strategic R&I Group is based at Within composites, Nifco has been a participant in the Advanced Wilton, in Tees Valley. HUNTSMAN Propulsion Centre’s £20 million ‘Alive 6’ project with Jaguar Land Solvay is an international chemical and advanced materials Rover (JLR). Nifco’s team helped produce a new composites oil Huntsman Polyurethanes has an aniline plant and a nitrobenzene company, servicing diversifi ed global end markets including pan, weighing 1kg less than a steel equivalent and engineered plant at Wilton, Redcar - both of which are the largest of their type automotive and aerospace, consumer goods and healthcare, with continuous glass fi bres, to deliver optimum performance in the world. Over 90 percent of the aniline produced at Wilton is energy and environment, electricity and electronics, building while remaining lightweight. The oil pan is one of the outcomes of exported to a sister plant in Rotterdam for the manufacture of MDI and construction, as well as industrial applications. the JLR project, which was launched to create a prototype engine (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate). incorporating many new and cutting edge technologies. Nifco has Wilton is the main centre for Solvay’s strategic materials science Polyurethanes are essential components in a wide variety of worked in partnership with plastics supplier DuPont to create the research activities. The Group specialises in the chemistry and products such as insulation, appliances, automotive components, new part, and it hopes to see the part produced in mass use over materials science of polymers, composites, adhesives and footwear, adhesives, coatings, mattresses and furniture and the next few years. specialty materials. composite wood products (e.g. MDF and OSB). MDI provides a The Wilton site aims to establish and protect through IP new cost-effective and easier-to-use alternative resin for the TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY technology platforms with these technologies exploited by the manufacturing of composite wood products. Teesside University has expertise across polymer composite Composite Materials Business Product Development and processing and production. Specialisms include waste Applications Engineering groups. Current technologies under APPLIED GRAPHENE MATERIALS reduction techniques, fi bre recycling and thermoplastic development include composite recycling, fl ame retardancy Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) is based at Wilton, Redcar and composites. Teesside University is supporting the current and resin toughening. is wholly focused on graphene material production and assisting composite design skills gap and is working with Siemens and its adoption by end users. AGM has continued to develop its their Fibersim software offering to optimise design activities intellectual property, know-how and knowledge base through and reduce composites waste during manufacturing. extensive work on the formatting and dispersion of graphene, including its proprietary graphene delivery technology, Structural InkTM.
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