HC Deb 06 December 1995 vol 268 cc313-5W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the firms from outside Northern Ireland which have made investments in Northern Ireland in(a) manufacturing industry (b) service industry and (c) for other purposes indicating where each firm's operations are located in Northern Ireland, the total investment made in respect of each firm and the amount of grant given from public funds to each firm, the percentage of the total investment this represents or as much of such information as is readily available to him for each of the last two years and the 'current year to the latest available date. [3469]

Mr. Ancram

Information on investments is not available in the form requested. Details are available for externally-owned companies which have accepted offers of selective financial assistance from the Industrial Development Board for manufacturing and tradeable services projects. They are set out in the tables.

1993–94—Accepted Offers—externally owned companies
Company name IDB asistance offered £'000s Total investment £'000s Per cent. contribution
Rothmans Int Plc 200 995 20
Braidwater Spinning Co. Ltd. 50 465 11
ESS Automotive Ltd. 1,566 3,750 42
BCO Technologies (NI) Ltd. 6,581 15,139 43
Sheppard Group Ltd. 146 915 16
Du Pont (UK) Ltd. 800 11,870 7
CFM Group Ltd. 1,198 5,820 21
Charles Bell (1963) Ltd. 130 425 31
The Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. 144 615 23
Lee Apparel (UK) Ltd. 931 4,128 23
Crestacare (NI) Ltd. 40 138 29
Finlay Hydrascreens (Omagh) Ltd. 576 1,631 35
Schrader Electronics Ltd. 831 2,378 35
Scottish Seafoods Ltd. 244 893 27
Valence Technology BV 25,625 147,200 17
Adria Ltd. 3,095 8,535 36
Courtaulds Textiles (Holdings) Ltd. 1,033 4,168 25
MKF (UK) Ltd. 2,815 10,440 27
Benelux Manufacturing (NI) Ltd. 10,440 36,600 29
Seagate Technology (Ireland) 1,581 3.514 45

1993–94—Accepted Offers—externally owned companies
Company name IDB asistance offered £'000s Total investment £'000s Per cent. contribution
Daewoo Electronics UK Ltd. 5,690 17,000 35
Chambernet (UK) Ltd. 23 59 39
Allied Bakeries Ltd. 143 953 15
DDL Incorporated 450 1,813 25
Training and Business Group (Overseas) 150 312 48
CCA Electronic Ltd. 4,360 9,460 46
CV Home Furnishing Ltd. 537 2,029 26
Shorts Brothers Plc 1,270 12,715 10
Spanboard Products Ltd. 542 4,151 13
Spence Bryson 180 477 38
Unidare Plastics Ltd. 880 2,843 31
Michelin Tyre Plc 1,804 7,215 25
Total 74,325 318,646 23

1994–95—accepted offers—externally owned companies
Company name IDB assistance offered £'000s Total investment £'000s Percentage contribution
Transtec Foundries Ltd. 4,158 14,946 28
Courtaulds Textiles— (Holdings) Ltd. 818 4,138 20
Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 3,645 15,462 24
Golden Vale Plc 2,500 12,509 20
C V Apparel Ltd. 486 1,800 27
Lucas Stability Electronics Ltd. 495 2,932 17
Allen Industrial Ltd. 226 543 42
Smurfit Corrugated Cases Ltd. 3,000 16,080 19
John Cleland & Son Ltd. 343 3,200 11
ABC Laboratories (Europe) Ltd. 1,805 2,937 37
Polystar (Ireland) Ltd. 600 2,388 25
NACCO Materials Handling (NI) Ltd. 4,600 6,331 73
Lurgan Fibre Ltd. 930 5,682 16
Glen Mouldings Ltd. 1,259 4,710 27
Perfecseal Ltd. 1,442 3,806 38
BKS Surveys Ltd. 25 184 14
Polarcup Ltd. 2,090 9,321 22
Bass Holdings Ltd. 948 3,132 30
Deahwa Metal Ltd. 2,928 7,004 42
Fujitsu Fulcrum Telecommunications Ltd. 1,760 3,624 49
Raelbrook (Group) Ltd. 25 580 4
Webtech (NI) Ltd. 532 1,773 30
British Telecommunications Plc 453 1,072 42
Schrader Electronics Ltd. 162 631 26
Real Software (NI) Ltd. 138 310 45
Seagate Technology (Ireland) 11,200 60,026 19
Rusch Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. 900 2,768 33
Michelin Tyre Plc 3,000 11,850 25
Glenbrook Foods Ltd. 375 2,006 19
Northern Telecom (Northern Ireland) Ltd. 752 3,625 21
Walter Alexander & Co. (Belfast) Ltd. 136 701 19

1994–95—accepted offers—externally owned companies
Company name IDB assistance offered £'000s Total investment£'000s Percentage contribution
Dalgety Spillers Foods Ltd. 84 467 18
Radix Telecom Ltd. 4,676 19,084 25
Daewoo Electro Components (UK) Ltd. 3,816 9,218 41
Northern Bank Factors Ltd. 367 1,351 27
Harris Laboratories Ltd. 401 2,088 35
Daewoo Electronics UK Ltd. 5,243 14,869 35
Grand total 65,598 252,148 26

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