Invest in Tees Valley A place to grow your automotive business Invest in Tees Valley Recent successes include: Tees Valley and the North East region has April 2014 everything it needs to sustain, grow and Nifco opens new £12 million manufacturing facility and Powertrain and R&D plant develop businesses in the automotive industry. You just need to look around to June 2014 see who is already here to see the success Darchem opens new £8 million thermal of this growing sector. insulation manufacturing facility With government backed funding, support agencies September 2014 such as Tees Valley Unlimited, and a wealth of ElringKlinger opens new £10 million facility engineering skills and expertise, Tees Valley is home to some of the best and most productive facilities in the UK. The area is innovative and forward thinking, June 2015 Nifco announces plans for a 3rd factory, helping it to maintain its position at the leading edge boosting staff numbers to 800 of developments in this sector. Tees Valley holds a number of competitive advantages July 2015 which have helped attract £1.3 billion of capital Cummins’ Low emission bus engine production investment since 2011. switches from China back to Darlington Why Tees Valley should be your next move Manufacturing skills base around half that of major cities and a quarter of The heritage and expertise of the manufacturing those in London and the South East. and engineering sector in Tees Valley is world renowned and continues to thrive and innovate Access to international markets Major engineering companies in Tees Valley export Skilled and affordable workforce their products around the world with our Tees Valley has a ready skilled labour force excellent infrastructure, including one of the which is one of the most affordable and value UK’s leading ports, the quickest road connections for money in the UK. Wage rates are around in the UK and a growing international airport. 10% lower than the rest of the UK, but with overtime hours higher than any other part of Support and funding the UK and low staff turnover rates you get Tees Valley Unlimited is here to advise on access to a loyal, hardworking and highly recruitment, skills, training and locating the best skilled workforce. property to suit your needs. With an Enterprise Zone offering reduced taxes and financial incentives, Cost competitive location as well as significant success with the Regional Tees Valley has some of the lowest operating Growth Fund, the area is recognised by investors costs in the UK with rents, rates and terms as the place to be. Tees Valley Automotive The North East’s Automotive Industry Tees Valley and the wider North East region is home to a number of global automotive manufacturers across all of the key market sectors, many of which are already located in Tees Valley. Components & Parts Passenger Motorsport Vehicles Automotive Sector Segments Commercial Off-Road Vehicles Aftermarket Tees Valley Automotive 3 Who’s here? Some of the sector’s major global players have already chosen the North East to locate their business. From passenger car manufacturers to heavy off-road vehicles, the area is host to a number of world-class OEMs and tier-one suppliers. With some of the most efficient production facilities in the world, the North East has proven that it has the skills, assets and public sector support to continue growth of the North East’s automotive industry. Caterpillar ElringKlinger Operating from two sites in the Tees Valley, Caterpillar ElringKlinger (GB) Ltd is an automotive parts manufacturer Skinningrove uses TATA steel to manufacture over 700 based in Redcar employing over 200 people. It is ranked variations of track shoes for CAT excavators and tractors among the top three suppliers worldwide in the respective serving sister plants in France, Belgium, Brazil, China, Japan fields of Specialty Gaskets and Shielding Technology. Clients and the US. There is currently significant investment at the include General Motors, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and BMW. Skinningrove facility with a project that will give the capability ElringKlinger (GB) is the only business in the UK that acts as to produce larger product ranges for the organisation. a volume manufacturer of gaskets and heatshields. In 2014 ElringKlinger (GB) celebrated the final stage of its 50th Caterpillar Stockton cuts, welds and machines major year by officially opening two on-site investments which fabrications for Caterpillar Leicester. Over 200 people are include a wind turbine and a 40,000 sq ft factory site employed at the Stockton base. Caterpillar has its global extension; the latter increasing the company’s overall centre for the production of articulated trucks in Peterlee production by 50 per cent to meet rising product demand. where it employs a further 1,000 people. Esterline – Darchem Darchem Engineering Engineering Cummins Esterline - Darchem Engineering employs 850 people nationally and is headquartered near Stockton-on-Tees. In Cummins in Darlington employs over 600 people in the the high performance automotive market Darchem Insulation manufacture of engines to over 2000 differing customer Systems concentrates on the design and manufacture of specifications. The present range of engines for automotive lightweight engineered thermal insulation systems. Darchem use is the four and six cylinder 4.5/6.7 litre ISB and 8.9 litre design, manufacture, test and install products to the demanding ISL engines. Darlington is also home to Cummins Emissions standards required by its major motorsport customers. During Solutions who develop, test and manufacture a range of the 2014 F1 season, nine out of eleven F1 teams used Darchem’s emission filtration / after-treatment and exhaust catalyst thermal insulation components. Customers include both systems in a laboratory environment. The success of the “on road” and “off road” manufacturers such as Aston Martin plant is evidenced by the re-shoring of production of the Euro and Volvo Construction Ltd. 6 four cylinder ISB engine back from China to Darlington which takes effect in late 2015, boosting annual production by an extra 1000 units. Tees Valley Automotive Icon Plastics Nifco UK Established in 2002, Icon Plastics is an Eaglescliffe-based Japanese owned Nifco UK Limited is based in Stockton and is precision plastic injection moulding business. Operating from involved in the full spectrum of plastic injection moulding a 27,000 sq ft unit, it has grown its 38-strong workforce by - from research and development, product design, 15% since 2014 and invested over £1 million in capital production, through to quality, dispatch and full vehicle equipment to secure further business. Icon develops new lifespan. The company produces plastic components that ideas and prototypes, as well as manufacturing products for are used in the engines, interiors and exteriors of cars made sectors including electronics, agricultural, healthcare and by Ford, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota, and medical, construction, defence and automotive. Operating Vauxhall Opel. Currently employing more than 530 people, 24 hours five days a week and with 20 moulding machines the business has seen its business grow year on year. In the company is experiencing growth across a range of sectors, 2012, the company moved to a state of the art facility, Nifco particularly in electronics and LED lighting components. House, and 2014 saw the opening of a second manufacturing facility on the same site. Since 2012, Nifco has invested more than £32 million and has been supported with more than £5 million in grant funding. The business has recently announced a requirement for a third factory KATMEXSteel plate processing and fabricationsLTD Katmex by 2017 and plans to employ a workforce of 1,500 by 2025. Katmex is a solely owned UK SME and is part of the Katmex Holdings Group, which also incorporates Maskell Engineering Limited. Katmex focuses on providing steel processed parts Paragon Rapid and fabricated parts for medium to heavy industry including the off-highway segment. Katmex specialise in supplying the Technologies heavy earthmoving and construction machine manufacturers around Europe. Parts supplied are mostly for use in the Based near Durham Tees Valley Airport, Paragon specialises manufacture of excavators, dumptrucks, backloaders, in the manufacture of rapid prototypes and low volume loading shovels, fork lifts and cranes. Katmex’s operations components for the automotive, transport and motorsport have the capacity to process 2,500 tons of steel plate per industry. Paragon works with manufacturers and tier-one month. Katmex’s main customers include Komatsu UK and suppliers, including Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, Nissan, Bentley, JCB UK. Aston Martin, as well as clients from the world of Formula 1. Indicative of its year-on-year growth, its latest recruitment drive has seen employee numbers reach 50. Known for its exceptional customer service and high quality 3D models, Paragon is now considered many clients’ rapid prototype Millfield Composites partner of choice. Millfield Composites has over 30 years’ experience manufacturing component parts using a range of processes and material options including fibreglass (GRP) and other materials such as carbon fibre, natural fibre, PU and DCPD. TMD Friction Millfield offer a full range of services which include 3D computer aided design, tooling, prototyping, medium series production, in house painting and CNC. Holding BS EN ISO TMD Friction in Hartlepool employs nearly 600 people 9001:2008 accreditation projects are managed in line with manufacturing disc brake pads and drum brake linings for customer requirements such as APQP systems. Clients passenger cars and commercial vehicles. TMD is the largest include major OEM’s such as Caterpillar, Ford Motor, JCB friction supplier in the world to the on-road automotive Group, Fairline Yachts and Swift Caravans. OEM’s, serving an extensive range of platforms from the Dacia Logan to the Bugatti Veyron. With the brands Textar, Pagid, Mintex, Don and Cobreq, TMD Friction has a market-leading position in the global replacement parts market.