Waters Corporation is the world's leading specialty measurement company focused on improving human health and well-being through the application of high-value analytical technologies and industry leading scientific expertise.
Driven by that ethos for over 60 years, Waters has continually pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis innovations.
Located in Capenhurst, Urenco UK operates three enrichment plants, which enable nuclear power stations around the world to generate electricity. The largest of the three plants, E23, produces more than 80% of the facility’s enrichment capacity.
Urenco UK is one of Urenco’s first enrichment facilities, along with their enrichment facility in the Netherlands, Urenco Nederland. Since 1973, they have used centrifuge technology designed and deployed by Urenco to enrich uranium.
The University of Chester’s Thornton Science Park (TSP) is leading research and innovation Science Park, specialising in energy and the clean growth agenda. The site benefits from a diverse range of accommodation ranging from good quality office/workspace to modern high end purpose-built laboratories. With over 30 companies located on site who all work within the science and technology industries this site provides a number of opportunities for networking and collaborating with industry and academic experts. Thornton is also proud to be home to the HyNet North West consortium as well as the local Protos development office.
Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) is one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate and other products, from their plants in Cheshire, UK.
They are the UK's only manufacturer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate. Their high-quality soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, detergents and chemicals and in several other industry applications. Their many grades of sodium bicarbonate have applications ranging from haemodialysis and pharmaceuticals, food and animal feed, flue gas treatments through to detergents and personal care products.
Storenery has operated the Stublach Gas Storage Project, a salt cavern storage facility in Cheshire, Northwich since 2007. Now fully completed, the scheme is the largest on site gas storage facility in the country, enhancing the security of supply to the UK gas market. They are actively participating in the energy transition and supporting the UK government strategy to reach net zero by 2050. They have set their own carbon neutral target of 2025. A strategy to develop biomethane production in the UK and an ambition to create and operate hydrogen storage further support these targets.
Stellantis is a constellation of 14 iconic automotive brands and two mobility arms that are about more than transportation: they’re about moving people and making connections.
As they transform into a sustainable mobility tech company, they are guided by the clear vision of their Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, which paves the way for Stellantis to achieve carbon net zero by 2038 and be second to none in value creation for all stakeholders.
Net zero & BREEAM excellent 120,000sq warehouse and production space.
Solar 120 is strategically situated at the Heart of the North West’s Logistics Hub, Warrington which has become an established magnet for some of the UK’s largest and most successful distribution and manufacturing companies.
Reaseheath College is one of the UK’s leading specialist land-based colleges based in Nantwich, Cheshire. Offering a range of full-time diplomas, apprenticeships and degrees, ideal for those looking for an exciting career in the land-based industries.
Reaseheath has some of the best specialist facilities and resources in the country, thanks to a continuing £80 million investment across campus.
Protos is an energy and resource hub located near Ellesmere Port in the North West of England. Developed by Peel NRE, it clusters together innovative technologies, connecting energy-intensive businesses with sources of low-carbon energy.
At the core of Protos is a 54ha development site, with existing planning consent for industrial and energy uses. With £170 million already committed and Phase 1 infrastructure completed, plots at Protos are oven-ready. Consented for B2, B8 and Sui Generis uses the expansive and flexible site can see ideas and start-up enterprises grow to large-scale commercial facilities.
Origin in Ellesmere Port will be one of the most important industrial and employment clusters in the UK.
It now presents a transformational economic growth opportunity and has the potential to both fast track the Council’s Climate Emergency Response Plan commitments and the UK’s Green Industrial Revolution and Road to Net Zero ambitions.
UK's first major offshore renewable power project. Situated in Liverpool Bay, it commenced operation in 2003.
The first of the UK's Round 1 offshore wind farms, North Hoyle covers an area of 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and is located approximately 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) off the coast of North Wales, between the towns of Rhyl and Prestatyn.
Located in the heart of rural Cheshire, 12 miles south of Liverpool, the Veterinary School's Leahurst campus employs over 350 staff, including over 100 veterinary surgeons and teaches veterinary students in all years of their studies, but especially those in their fourth and fifth years.
In addition, the Leahurst main building includes a student common room, a lecture theatre, a clinical skills laboratory, two data centres, and two post-mortem rooms, as well as research and diagnostic laboratories.
Jodrell Bank is an amazing, unique, and athey-inspiring place. Explore the mind-blowing science and pioneering heritage of this special place.
Jodrell Bank is a world-leading deep space observatory and scientific research facility owned by The University of Manchester.
HyNet is made up of several different elements. Together, these will provide the infrastructure to produce, transport and store low carbon hydrogen across the North West and North Wales. There will also be the infrastructure to capture, transport and lock away carbon dioxide emissions from industry.
HyNet will both upgrade existing infrastructure, as they develop new infrastructure. This includes underground pipelines, hydrogen production plants and storage facilities.
A global pharmaceutical company with a major UK presence whose purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. The best way to help patients is to be science-led and share this passion with the scientific, healthcare and business communities of the UK.
Macclesfield is Astrazeneca's second-largest manufacturing site and the European centre for packing. Some 1800 people are employed at the Macclesfield site where they manufacture, pack and distribute medicines to 130 global markets.
Gwynt y Môr (Welsh: meaning sea wind) is a 576-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm located off the coast of Wales and is the fifth largest operating offshore windfarm in the world. The farm has 160 wind turbines of 150 metres (490 ft) tip height above mean sea level.
Construction of Frodsham Wind Farm commenced in March 2015 and it became fully operational in February 2017. The 19 turbines are Nordex N90 2.65MW machines, each being 125m in height to the blade tip.
The total installed capacity of the wind farm is more than 50MW, making it one of England’s largest onshore generating stations and the largest in the Cheshire region.
The Innovation Centre is a magnet for businesses, whether as a location for high-tech SMEs, a high quality setting for events or simply as a meeting point offering high-value networking opportunities, it provides a complete breakthrough in business interaction.
This stunningly designed state-of-the-art 24,000 sq ft building, situated in the heart of Sci-Tech Daresbury, is specifically equipped for science and technology based businesses.
As one of the world’s leading conservation-based zoos, Chester Zoo has a special role to play in making the transformation both as a leader in the community and an actor in saving species. They have developed a Conservation Masterplan which sets out how they will work collaboratively to tackle the biodiversity crisis, by combining direct contributions to restoring populations and landscapes for wildlife, with creating the conditions for reversing further loss of biodiversity, engaging people and influencing policy.
Capenhurst Technology Park offers good quality office, laboratory, warehouse and production units in a parkland setting.
It is a fully serviced business park with 24 hour security and benefits from easy access to the national motorway network. The park borders Urenco's Cheshire site.
The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a 348 MW offshore wind farm located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay on the west coast of the UK in the Irish Sea. It consists of an original 90 MW wind farm commissioned in 2007 and a 258 MW extension completed in 2017.
The wind farm was developed in the 2000s by SeaScape Energy, which was acquired by DONG Energy (now Ørsted) in 2005. A 25 turbine installation using Siemens Wind Power 3.6 MW turbines was constructed from 2005, and officially opened in 2007. A further 32 8 MW turbines were constructed in 2016–17.
Birchwood Park is situated in the perfect spot right in the centre of the North West. Located just outside Warrington, where the M62 crosses the M6 with easy access from Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington. Making it that much easier for businesses to reach clients and recruit talent.
The Barclays Technology Campus, near Knutsford, is the transatlantic tech command centre and one of the largest centres for information security in the UK. It’s the vital strategic powerhouse behind Barclays global operations.
Known as Radbroke, it’s a 64 acre self-contained campus where 3500 technologists work every day. The core banking platforms are run from here, and the work they do supports the transatlantic organisation and the lives of millions of customers and clients worldwide.
Where world-leading science, innovation and stylish living come together to create a place like no other.
With the biggest and best invested life sciences R&D facilities in the UK, Alderley Park provides companies with a range of bioscience capabilities that are second to none. Offering an exceptional choice of workspace forforward-thinking innovative businesses.