Case studies

Cummins Power Generation is a world leader in power generation, delivering a complete range of generator sets for prime and standby power solutions for a wide variety of applications around the globe.

Investment promotion agency Locate in Kent worked closely with the Fresca Group and Robert Montgomery to assist in plans to develop the UK’s most hi-tech greenhouse complex on the Isle of Thanet.

Go Talk provides telephony services including calling cards, residential phone services, dial through Premium Rate Services and call back services to end users in the UK and Ireland.

HKD, a specialist in design for museums, exhibitions and exhibits moved from North London to a Grade-II listed former casino building in Margate in December 2009. The project was supported by a grant from the Government's Meanwhile Fund to help with the refurbishment of the premises, and the company relocated with the assistance of Locate in Kent, Margate Renewal Partnership and Thanet District Council.

Manston, Kent's International Airport is an important and growing regional airport contributing to easing congestion at other South East airports and promoting new and exciting opportunities for growth in the sub-regional economy.

For over 100 years, Megger has been a market leader in electrical testing equipment and measuring instruments for electrical power applications, most famously insulation testers. Other areas of specialism include cable fault locating, protective relay testing and power quality testing, although the company offers a wide range of over 1,000 products.

PPR WIPAG, based in Dover, Kent, specialises in a unique technology where it is able to take plastic waste that others send to landfill sites and produce a product that is re-usable in its original form.

The Saga Group focuses exclusively on the provision of services for people 50 and over. These include holidays and cruises, insurance, savings and other financial services. Saga Independent Living provides domiciliary care and Saga Magazine is the UK's biggest subscription magazine.

Three years ago, when the company acquired new owners, a major incentive was needed to convince them to continue to invest in Kent.

With its American office in Boston, Solace Pharmaceuticals is a privately owned organisation which researches and develops innovative pain relief treatments. The company approached investment promotion agency Locate in Kent for assistance in finding suitable commercial property and subsequently moved four employees to The Denne Hill Business Centre in Womenswold, near Canterbury. The company expects to create seven further jobs in the county within three years.

The Bunker is an ultra secure data centre that offers the most secure facility for hosted systems, data storage and managed services in the UK, located in Kent inside an ex-military command bunker.