The Environmental Technologies Centre of Industrial Collaboration has been opened at The Deep in Hull. It allows business-friendly access to the research and development taking place at the University of Hull.
” Helping firms in our region to access this kind of cutting-edge research gives them an important competitive edge.“
– Terry Hodgkinson, Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward has said that the centre will help businesses in Yorkshire and Humber tap into the global recycling and environmental market, worth more than 600 billion.
Research already taking place at the environmental technologies centre includes work to improve the way organic waste is turned into compost, leading to an improvement in the quality of the final material.
Steel producer Corus used the centre to test a biological treatment process for removing lubricating oil from waste steel prior to reprocessing. The result showed that the chosen process would not make economic sense for Corus so, on the advice of the CIC, Corus chose not to proceed.
Cutting-edge
Terry Hodgkinson, chair of Yorkshire Forward, said: “Helping firms in our region to access this kind of cutting-edge research gives them an important competitive edge in an increasingly global market. Our environment is coming under increasing pressure and the Environmental Technologies CIC will have an important role to play in redressing the balance.”
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Supported by the European Regional Development Fund, the centre is part of Yorkshire Forward's 11 million Centres of Industrial Collaboration Programme. The Region's 14 CIC's, working across a range of industries, have already grossed more than 23 million of income and have worked on more than 850 projects with businesses.
Trade and industry secretary Rt Hon Alan Johnson, MP for Kingston Upon Hull West and Hessle, officially opened the centre. Mr Johnson said that it was a great boost for the region and for the environment.
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