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Relocations and expansions across Europe

Solvay to build a new silica plant in Poland

Solvay is to invest €75 million to build a new 85,000 ton per year Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) plant in Wloclawek, Poland. Combined with a further capacity expansion at its site in Qingdao (China), these two investments will increase Solvay’s global highly dispersible silica production capacity by an additional 30%.

Located in central Poland, close to key energy distribution and the new Warsaw-Gdansk highway, the new plant will offer logistical benefits to customers in eastern Europe and Russia. The site is a designated Special Economic Zone (SEZ) integrated within the industrial site of Anwil, a subsidiary of the Polish refining and energy company PKN Orlen. The completion is expected in the third quarter of 2014. Visit: www.solvay.com

Bourbon expands its fleet of personnel transport vessels

Bourbon has taken delivery of the Bourbon Sirocco and the Bourbon Shamal, the first two in a series of 4 versatile FSIVs. The Bourbon Sirocco is currently operating in Angola. The Bourbon Shamal, her first sister ship, will soon be delivered.

Designed by Piriou Ingénierie and Mauric Design, and built by the Piriou SEAS shipyard in Vietnam, this brand new series relies on the solid experience of both companies and on their long-term partnership with Bourbon, which in 2004 resulted in the very first FSIV (Fast Support Intervention Vessels) series in the BOURBON fleet.

Bourbon currently has a fleet of 30 FSIVs, rapid assistance vessels that can simultaneously carry urgent supplies and intervention teams. Visit: www.bourbon-online.com

Bürkert UK officially opens new UK headquarters

Bürkert GB, manufacturers of control and measuring systems for fluids and gases, has completed its move into its new, purpose-built premises constructed around a modern factory building in Cirencester.

General manager, Paul Trevitt, explains the reasons for the move and the ways in which the building has been customised to allow the company to continue its growth: “We have been setting the pace in key sectors of the process market for some time now, and the requirement to move to a more flexible headquarters is the obvious result of our growth. Ultimately our customers aren’t just buying products from us; they are buying solutions and on-going technical support. The new building offers improved warehousing and gives us more space to develop our specialist system design and manufacturing services.” Visit: www.burkert.co.uk

New investment backs Hollanders’ growth plans

AS part of its scheduled growth plans, Hollanders Printing Systems has agreed a new financial strategy which will enable the company to expand production capabilities for its industry leading wide-format digital textile printing solutions. Private investors Wout van der Wijk and Guy Zwart will strengthen the financial and operational structure at the Eindhovenbased independent system specialist.

“Both investors saw immediately the enormous potential in the rapidly growing market for digital textiles,” states Peter Hollanders.”ìWe are ready to expand with exciting new machines for 2013 to complement the existing successful ColorBooster XL solution, and this injection of funds and practical involvement from van der Wijk and Zwart is perfectly timed for our future plans” Visit: www.hollanders-ps.nl

UK Prime Minister welcomes Atkins’ new design centre in India

During his visit to India British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed news from Atkins, one of the world’s leading design, engineering and project management consultancies, that it is to open a new design centre on the outskirts of Delhi to support worldwide infrastructure projects on which the group is working.

The design centre, located in Gurgaon in the state of Haryana, has capacity for 375 people, complementing the 1000 engineers already working in Atkins’ Bangalore centre which opened in 1998. It is anticipated that the new centre in will be fully open by April 2013.

David Cameron said: “It’s great to see Atkins expanding its business in India with the opening of a new design centre near Delhi. This demonstrates how Britain’s world-class expertise in design and engineering can help British businesses to succeed in fast growing markets like India.” Visit: www.atkinsglobal.com