CHEMICAL WORKS

Evening Star, Issue 25685, 8 January 1946, Page 2

CHEMICAL WORKS

A £10,000.000 PROJECT TEES-SIDE DEVELOPMENT LONDON. Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, announced in a Parliamentary written answer that Imperial Chemical Industries have bought a 3,500-acre estate three miles from Middlesbrough in the Tees-side development area, states ‘The Times.’ The estate will be used for the largescale production of heavy organic chemicals from coal and oil, and it is estimated that employment will eventually be given to over 10,000 people. About 3,000 people will be required for the construction and development of the project. Details of the scheme were given by I.C.T. later. The land which has been purchased forms the Wilton estate, and will be developed during the next five years. The capital expenditure involved is estimated at £10,000,000. In addition to the. production of heavy organic chemicals, there will also be installations for the manufacture of sulphuric acid, an electrolytic chlorine-caustic soda plant, and a vacuum salt plant. Space and facilities will be available for the manufacture of new products developed as a result of research. On the site 1.C.1. will be able to develop the heavy organic side of the British chemical industry on a scale adequate to the national needs. It will be possible to employ to the best advantage the latest advances in research and the most modern knowledge of industrial planning, technical requirements, housing for workers, and recreational amenities.