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02/12/2015 11:46 02/12/2015 1 cover_alt.indd NPT DECEMBER 2015 / JANUARY 2016 DECEMBER 2015/JANUARY WALES BUSINESS INSIDER www.walesbusinessinsider.com wales businessinsider VOL.11 NO.7 £9.00 DECEMBER 2015 / JANUARY 2016 KAREN JOHN | NEATH PORT TALBOT PORTTALBOT NEATH | GROWTH | SPHERE SOLUTIONS SPHERESOLUTIONS CHANGING FOR BUSINESS FOR CHANGING | MADE IN WALES WINNERS MADEINWALES HOW NEATH PORT TALBOT IS IS TALBOT PORT NEATH HOW H | BUSINESS & EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS WINNERS PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS&EDUCATION N GLASS ACT HOW KAREN JOHN ENERGISED GLASS TECH RECYCLING | CARDIFF DEBATE CARDIFFDEBATE | EVENTSOF2016 VOL.11 NO.7 £9.00 NO.7 VOL.11 DECEMBER 2015 / JANUARY 2016 JANUARY / 2015 DECEMBER BRIAN STAPLES JAMES HUGHES DAVID DAVIES UTILITY PLAYER IN THE EXPANDING SPHERE AXIOM WINS AT MADE HEALTHCARE GAME PAGE 16 IN WALES PAGE 4 PAGE 23 VOL.11 N WALES BUSINESS INSIDER BUSINESS WALES www.walesbusinessinsider.com O 7 FLIP OVER FOR: NEATH PORT TALBOT SPECIAL REPORT WBI December cover 2015.indd 1 02/12/2015 16:18 ARE YOU READY TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS? 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Or They should all get along fine. Manufacturing a paradise of waterfalls and mountain bike is a high-tech business these days. It’s trails? Well, it’s all of those things, but there likely that academics, software companies, are big changes in the area. designers and engineers will have plenty As we show in this report, Neath Port Talbot to co-operate on. And if they can do so in a is modernising fast. New, technologically well-connected, smarter area with improved advanced companies are setting up. Town facilities, so much the better. centres and former industrial areas have But no area can stand on its own. Neath been improved for shoppers and business. Port Talbot is part of the Swansea Bay City Road links have been improved, and Port Region, and if it’s successful, neighbouring Talbot’s station is being upgraded. University areas should benefit too. What’s good for students are moving in. Neath Port Talbot is very likely to be good for There is something remarkable about the whole of Wales. this transformation. Areas associated with industry usually only go for redevelopment on Douglas Friedli, editor this kind of scale if the main industry closed @DouglasInsider IN THIS REPORT 13 2 Overview 13 Vizolution 3 Top 40 companies 15 Development 7 Netalogue interview 17 Neath’s BID plans 9 Growing businesses: Wernick Buildings, Magor Designs 11 and Pebble Engineering insider NEATH PORT TALBOT: SPECIAL REPORT 1 NEATH PORT TALBOT OVERVIEW W There’s a lot packed into Neath Port Talbot. Here are some of the key sites and biggest companies based in the area MAIN RAIL LINE GLYNNEATH TATA STEELWORKS 1 BAGLAN ENERGY PARK 2 A465 HARBOURSIDE 3 PONTARDAWE SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 4 COED DARCY 5 M4 PORT TALBOT PARKWAY STATION 6 NEATH 5 4 2 3 6 PORT TALBOT 1 M4 I POPULATION Sectors with the biggest increase in 140,490 (2014 estimate) projected gross value added to 2030: EMPLOYEES 54,300 (2013 estimate; forecast 56,100 by 2030) 1 Real Estate (+£220.8m) AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS 2 Metals and metal products (+£94.1m) 3 Construction (+£55.1m) £537 (2014; Wales average also £537) 4 Health (+£34.9m) ACTIVE BUSINESSES 5 Retail (+£28.6m ) 2,985 (in 2013) Sources: Welsh Government; Cambridge Econometrics; South West & Central Wales Regional Learning Partnership 2 insider NEATH PORT TALBOT: SPECIAL REPORT NEATH PORT TALBOT TOP COMPANIES MONTAGNE JEUNESSE BEAUTY PRODUCTS 20 MAKER BASED AT BAGLAN ENERGY PARK Rank Company Location Activity Turnover £m Pre-tax Employees Year end profit £m 1 SINCLAIR MOTOR Port Talbot Motor dealer 325.9 3.1 587 Dec 14 2 INTERTISSUE Neath Soft tissue products 149.4 9.7 447 Dec 14 3 EXPRESS REINFORCEMENTS Neath Reinforcement bar, pre fabrication, rollmat and mesh 78.7 0.7 132 Dec 14 4 MTR BAILEY TRADING Neath Motor dealer 57.0 5.4 109 Nov 14 5 FREUDENBERG OIL & GAS TECHNOLOGIES Port Talbot Pipe clam and flange connectors 55.7 12.8 266 Dec 14 6 CUDDY DEMOLITION & DISMANTLING Neath Demolition, asbestos removal and civil engineering 35.4 0.7 292 Jul 14 7 WALL COLMONOY Swansea Hard surfacing and brazing materials 33.2 0.3 232 Dec 13 8 ANDREW SCOTT Port Talbot Building and civil engineering 31.2 0.3 160 Jun 14 9 JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE UK Neath Automotive components 28.1 1.1 76 Mar 14 10 SANDVIK OSPREY Neath Metal powders and controlled expansion aluminium alloys 22.2 4.1 132 Dec 14 11 WERNICK BUILDINGS Port Talbot Modular and portable buildings 21.8 0.9 138 Dec 14 12 ENVASES (UK) Port Talbot Aerosol cans and bottles 20.4 2.1 89 Sep 14 13 NSJL Port Talbot Health food supplements and distribution of pharmaceuticals 18.4 0.8 143 Dec 13 14 VIZOR TEMPERED GLASS * Swansea Glass tempering 17.2 2.4 160 Dec 13 15 HI-LEX CABLE SYSTEM Port Talbot Automotive control cables and window regulators 17.1 0.4 159 Sep 14 16 HALE DEVELOPMENTS * Neath Housebuilder and developer 15.6 0.5 93 Dec 14 17 PUMP SUPPLIES Port Talbot Maintenance and hire of pumping equipment 14.7 1.4 62 Jul 14 18 FAIRWOOD Neath Metal structures and plant hire 14.4 0.1 243 Aug 14 19 UNITBIRWELCO * Swansea Engineering, fabrication and construction services 13.8 0.1 194 Dec 14 20 MONTAGNE JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL Port Talbot Face packs 13.0 1.3 50 Dec 14 21 GENQUIP Port Talbot Mobile and static welfare accommodation 11.6 1.0 5 Jun 14 22 TONGFANG GLOBAL (UK) Port Talbot TVs 10.8 (1.5) 35 Dec 14 23 NEATH PORT TALBOT (RECYCLING) Swansea Waste recycling and disposal 10.5 (0.1) 69 Mar 14 24 MONOLITHIC REFRACTORIES Neath Pre-cast refractory shapes and materials 10.4 0.5 131 Dec 14 25 CORNELIUS Port Talbot Cable assemblies 10.1 0.2 208 Jun 14 26 TROJAN ELECTRONICS Swansea Repair, refurbishment and manufacturing of electronic products 9.7 0.6 - Mar 14 27 GROUNDHOG Neath Secure containers 9.1 2.1 86 Dec 13 28 WEARTECH INTERNATIONAL Port Talbot Wear-resistant alloy consumables and components 8.8 0.7 66 Dec 13 29 RUNTECH Port Talbot Vehicle and plant hire 7.7 0.1 69 Jul 14 30 ROTOTHERM Port Talbot Temperature, humidity and pressure instrumentation 7.6 0.4 137 Dec 14 31 EG LEWIS Neath Industrial painters, signs and engineering contracts 7.5 0.3 76 Jan 14 32 SR BAILEY Neath Pharmacists 7.0 0.2 63 Aug 14 33 THYSSENKRUPP UHDE ENERGY & POWER CONSULTANTS Port Talbot Engineering and project management consultancy 6.9 0.3 22 Sep 14 34 JES (PORT TALBOT) Port Talbot Pipe work fabrication and mechanical installation 6.5 0.5 71 Dec 14 35 DAVIES CHEMISTS (BRITON FERRY) Swansea retail pharmacies in south wales 6.1 0.2 55 Dec 14 36 CONTRACT SERVICES (SOUTH WALES) Port Talbot General construction and civil engineering 5.9 0.4 - Dec 14 37 AFAN LANDSCAPES Port Talbot Landscaping and minor civil engineering 5.7 0.2 67 Jan 14 38 TEXTURING TECHNOLOGY Port Talbot Grinding, texturing and chroming of components 5.3 0.3 64 Mar 14 39 LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS (INTERNATIONAL) Neath English and foreign language tuition services 4.8 0.4 104 Jul 14 40 WESTWARD ENERGY SERVICES Pontardawe heating and ventilation installation, service and maintenance 4.0 0.2 - Mar 15 * accounts adjusted to 52 weeks Source Insider research, Experian MIQ 2015 insider NEATH PORT TALBOT: SPECIAL REPORT 3 ADVERTISING FEATURE ADVERTISING FEATURE Delivering the Vision, Aberavon Seafront Fabian Way Over recent years, considerable progress Fabian Way is evolving into an important has been made in Regenerating the seafront, business corridor just off the M4 motorway. and the levels of private sector investment It is the location for Swansea University’s creating Opportunities show a renewed commercial confi dence Bay Campus, a £450m development, which in the area. is one of the top fi ve knowledge economy projects in Europe. The Vision for Neath Port Talbot is fi rmly set in driving forward The new £13.6m leisure centre positive and lasting change. From the Waterfront to the Valleys, is nearing completion and work on a The research institutes based at the new the Council has set Regeneration Strategies in place which are new adventure golf course will start in the Bay Campus include Swansea Materials and already taking eff ect and creating opportunities. New Year. Other commercial investments Research Testing (SMaRT), a research facility include new restaurants, an ice cream that includes Rolls Royce, the Welsh Centre parlour, a private extra care housing complex for Printing and Coating, and the Energy Improving transport, connectivity and infrastructure and encouraging and residential developments at Mariner’s Investing in our town centres Safety Research Institute which is supported innovation are some of the key priorities for the Swansea Bay City Region.