Wrexham MP Andrew Ranger celebrates North East Wales
MP for Wrexham
Last week saw the publication of the government's Industrial and Trade strategies.
North-East Wales already has a huge amount to celebrate and the Industrial Strategy will promote its wide-ranging strengths to investors.
For example, in Advanced Manufacturing: North-East Wales has significant strengths in Aerospace, clustered around Airbus' Broughton site, and Automotive, including Toyota's Deeside plant.
Advance Manufacturing Research Centre Cymru provides a regional centre for innovation, and will complement the recently announced Advanced Manufacturing Investment Zone for Wrexham and Flintshire
In terms of Clean Energy Industries, North Wales has significant assets to build on, with Crown Estate research finding that upcoming offshore wind schemes in the Celtic Sea could unlock up to 4.5GW of floating offshore wind supporting over 5,000 jobs, with the potential for up to 12GW.
HyNet CCUS has the potential to generate thousands of jobs and billions in investment, including £2bn in supply chain contracts through its carbon storage and capture.
The recent US trade deal is so important to Wales as the US is Wales' second biggest trade destination.
The deal will enable the automotive industry and Welsh farmers to access more markets.
The Free Trade Agreement with India will halve whisky tariffs from 150% to 75%.
Wales has secure access for key exports such as lamb.
The regeneration of Shotton Paper Mill which is within the Wrexham Flintshire Investment Zone will, thanks to investment last year, turn the area into the UK's largest paper manufacturing site.
This will safeguard 147 jobs and create a further 220 when fully commissioned.
Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170 million in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Shotton.
The impact of these investments will be felt in the supply chain in Wrexham and beyond. We are seeing the benefits of two Labour governments working together to further economic growth in Wales.
As ever, if you have any queries or concerns or you have an issue that you would like me to try and assist you with, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01978 788854 or Andrew.Ranger.mp@parliament.uk
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