| 13 of the successes were UK-based (81%), but investment has also come from German, Dutch and US-owned companies. Some 11 sectors were represented among the successes, the most common being life sciences, engineering, manufacturing and public services.
Just one of the many companies Locate in Kent has assisted since April is US company, Solace Pharmaceuticals, a privately-owned organisation which researches and develops innovative pain relief treatments. The company expects to create seven further jobs in the county within three years.
Brightwater Environmental, a new start-up business specialising in water and energy saving solutions, also worked with the agency to find an ideal site where it would be able to expand and develop. Brightwater Environmental supplies environmentally friendly products used by the building services industry. It is expected to create ten jobs in three years with a forecast turnover of £200,000 and will contribute to the growing local economy.
PARTEC, a German company which specialises in measuring devices for the life sciences sector, has opened an office at Canterbury Enterprise Hub, with the help of Locate in Kent, SEEDA and UK Trade & Investment Germany. The company based in Munster, Germany, signed the deal in June but is already open for business, providing technical, scientific and sales support for PARTEC Flow Cytometers and reagents. PARTEC Flow Cytometry technology is being successfully used in many biotechnology sectors including human healthcare, microbiology, industrial applications, food quality control, agrosciences and aquaculture. |
