A 110-tonne boiler has arrived at Venator’s Greatham site in County Durham as part of a £15 million investment programme.
This is the first of four to be manufactured by Scotland-based Cochran Ltd, and all of the components for the new boilers have been made in the UK.
Venator (
www.venatorcorp.com), which has its global headquarters at Wynyard on Teesside, is an international chemical company dedicated to the development and manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments and ‘performance’ products; these are used in thousands of products, including paints, plastics, inks, cosmetics and even smartphones.
Employing more than 4,300 people at 24 facilities world-wide, Venator employs 400 people at Greatham and 800 in the North East, serving customers in more than 110 countries.
Greatham site director Marek Pawlak said: “We are delighted to see our first new ‘state of the art’ high-efficiency boiler arrive.
“This project signifies major investment in Greatham and will help us deliver manufacturing resilience.
"It is the latest in a series of significant investments made at the site over recent years to improve its competitiveness within the manufacturing landscape.
"As a global company with its headquarters on Teesside and with other sites in the North East, we’re proud that all the components for these boilers have been made in the UK.”