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Energy Minister’s visit for launch
UK Government Business and Energy Minister Michael
Fallon MP has formally opened Fenix Fluor Ltd, a
multi-million pound joint venture between Mexichem UK
Ltd and AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd.
Based at Mexichem Fluor’s Rocksavage site in Runcorn, UK,
Fenix Fluor will manufacture chlorodifluoromethane, a key
raw material in the production of fluoropolymers used in
the automotive, aerospace and construction industry.
The venture will directly provide up to 20 new jobs,
and over 70 construction workers were involved in the
refurbishment.
The minister said: “The UK’s globally competitive chemicals
sector is worth over £40 billion a year and remains a key
driver for growth.
“It is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the UK
and around 90 per cent of these companies export their
sought after products around the world. New projects
such as Fenix Fluor demonstrate the confidence that global
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many innovative manufacturers that drove Britain’s industrial
revolution.
However, there have been ups as well as downs. The 150
th
anniversary of the company, which occurred during World War
II, was sadly marked by the factory being bombed but, with
such a heritage to preserve, the Ormiston family relocated and
rebuilt the business.
The company was rewarded for its efforts with a boom period
during the 1960s and 1970s and it was during this time that
Ormiston provided vital support for some of the biggest
television stars of the decade.
Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds puppets were lifted by
Ormiston Wire, bringing the products of the business to a
Photo: bigstockphoto.com – ‘Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London, UK’ by Andrey Omelyanchuk
July 2013
www.read-eurowire.comwide audience. And in the 21
st
century the company was
once again helping children to suspend disbelief when it
supplied the wire that made the broomsticks fly in Harry
Potter.
Ormiston Wire celebrates its 220
th
birthday as a thriving
business that still provides a dizzying array of wire to any
size or length, with facilities for rolling, winding, rewinding,
spooling, braiding, bunching, stranding and plastic coating,
according to specification.
OrmistonWire Ltd – UK
Website
:
www.ormiston-wire.co.uk▲
Tracing the history of Ormiston Wire
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Pictured, from left, Dave Smith, Mexichem, UK Government Business and
Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP, and Hiroyuki Okuno, president and
CEO, AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd, at the launch of Fenix Fluor Ltd