Editing Yorkshire and the Humber (section)

===East and North===
{{See also|List of countries by steel production}}
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[[File:Corus automated mill in construction (geograph 508425).jpg|thumb|British Steel Limited [[Scunthorpe Steelworks|steelworks at Scunthorpe]] ]]

[[Scunthorpe]] is where steel is [[smelting|smelted]] by [[British Steel Limited]] (former Corus Group before September 2010 then [[Tata Steel Europe]] until June 2016) in the east of the town; it is the largest steelworks in the UK. [[Golden Wonder]] crisps are made in [[Frodingham, Lincolnshire|Frodingham]], opposite the steel works (former site of Riley's Potato Crisps); the brand originated in Scotland. [[Esca Food Solutions]] (another plant was in [[Milton Keynes]] before October 2007) make all the beef [[Patty|patties]] for [[McDonald's]] in the UK and Ireland at their factory in [[Crosby, Lincolnshire|Crosby]] in the north-west of the town, processing around 7000 cattle a week – about 12,000&nbsp;kg an hour; 2.25m cattle are killed in the UK each year. [[International Automotive Components|IAC Group]] (Ecomold before 2008) have a car interiors plant on the Foxhills Industrial Estate in the north of Scunthorpe off the A1077; to the west, [[Can-Pack]] UK (parent company in [[Kraków]]) is on the Skippingdale Industrial Estate, and makes aluminium [[beverage can]]s; further north, [[Nisa (retailer)|Nisa]] (retailer) have their headquarters on the [[Normanby, North Lincolnshire|Normanby]] Enterprise Park, in [[Flixborough]] off the B1430.

Further south on the Foxhills Industrial Estate towards the [[A1077 road|A1077]], Wren Kitchens have a large factory in a former [[B&Q]] warehouse, which closed in 2009; next-door to the north, [[2 Sisters Food Group]] have a large chicken processing plant (Premier Fresh Foods before 2000), built in 1988 as one of the largest plants of its type in Europe, which processes around 1,900,000 chickens per week (customers include [[KFC]]). TSC Foods on the Queensway Industrial Estate at the [[A18 road (England)|A18]]/A1029 roundabout in south-east Scunthorpe supply many foodservice products (sauces) to most UK [[pub chain]]s. Caparo Merchant Bar, next to the steel works in Scunthorpe, are the UK's largest producer of [[merchant bar]]; nearby is British Steel Wire Rod. Vossloh Cogifer UK (former Corus Cogifer before 2012), a joint venture of [[Vossloh|Vossloh Cogifer]] (of [[Reichshoffen]]) and the former Corus Rail, make [[Railroad switch|railway point]]s to the west of Scunthorpe; [[Voestalpine]] also make train tracks too at a huge foundry in Austria

[[Pipers Crisps]] are on a [[RAF Elsham Wolds|former airfield]] next to the A15 at [[Elsham, North Lincolnshire|Elsham]]; next door is IG Industries who produce polyethylene films ([[shrink wrap]]). There are two large oil refineries west of [[Immingham]], owned by [[ConocoPhillips]] ([[Jet (brand)|Jet]]) and [[TotalEnergies]]. [[Kimberly-Clark]] made all of its ''[[Huggies]]'' nappies for Europe at [[Barton-upon-Humber]] until 2013; since 2016, the site has been the headquarters and factory of [[Wren Kitchens]]. [[Techrete]] on the B1207 in the north of Hibaldstow, next to the [[Sheffield to Lincoln Line|railway line]], is the UK's leading maker of architectural precast [[Cladding (construction)|cladding]]. County Turf, off the B1207 (Ermine Street) in [[Appleby, North Lincolnshire|Appleby]] made the turf for [[Wembley Stadium]], who replaced Inturf of [[Wilberfoss]]. There is a large [[Cemex|CEMEX]] [[cement]] plant at [[Winteringham]] off the [[A1077 road|A1077]] at the meeting point of the New [[River Ancholme]] and the Humber ([[Ferriby Sluice]]).

{{See also|Industry of the South Humber Bank}}
[[File:Woad Lane (geograph 2124433).jpg|thumb|right|The 226-acre [[Novartis]] Grimsby in Great Coates, next to the Europarc in the west of Grimsby; it has been there since 1951, firstly as Ciba (Chemical Industry Basel) making [[sulfathiazole]]]]

[[Grimsby]] is home of England's [[Fishing industry in England|fishing industry]] (although most fish is transported from the [[Peterhead]] area of Scotland via road), and has many frozen food factories such as [[Young's Seafood]]. The seafood industry is worth £1.8&nbsp;billion to North East Lincolnshire; most of Britain's seafood comes from Grimsby. [[HM Revenue & Customs]] in the town centre administers the UK's deregistration of [[Value-added tax (United Kingdom)|VAT]] for companies, and the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme. [[Auto-Trail]] makes motorhomes on the [[Europarc, Grimsby]], owned by Paris-based [[Trigano]]. Wyndeham Gait is a main printer next to the [[A180 road (England)|A180]]/[[A16 road (England)|A16]] roundabout.

[[Cardsave]] is a [[merchant account provider]]. Cofely Fabricom [[Engie]] (former GDF SUEZ), an engineering consultancy based on the A1173 in Immingham, work in the oil and gas industry, and nearby to the east is a large [[Knauf]] plaster board plant. [[Norsk Hydro|Hydro Agri]] had an important large fertiliser plant (built by [[Fisons]] in 1951) on the side of the railway; now [[PB Kent]] and its subsidiary [[Humber Palmers]] (both owned by [[Origin Enterprises]] of Ireland) make fertiliser there. In Healing (former [[Little Coates]]) next to the Humber, [[Lenzing AG|Lenzing Fibers Grimsby]] make [[Lyocell]] (Tencel), where it was first made by Courtaulds in 1988, who owned the site until bought by [[AkzoNobel]] in 1998. [[Greenergy]] have a biodiesel plant at [[Port of Immingham|Immingham West Terminal]].

[[File:Joseph Rank Ltd., Hull - geograph.org.uk - 664662.jpg|thumb|upright|Joseph Rank Ltd in Hull in January 2008]]

[[AarhusKarlshamn]] UK (AAK, [[Cooking oil|edible oil]]s) is at Hull Ferry Terminal. The [[Valuation Office Agency]] for the north of England is near King George Dock. [[Smith & Nephew]] (wound management division) and [[Reckitt Benckiser]] medical and household products companies originated in Hull, and still have large factories there. When [[Reckitt & Colman]] merged with the Dutch Benckiser in 1999, much production was moved from Hull to [[Swindon]]. [[Heron Foods|Heron Frozen Foods]] is based there near St Andrew's Quay, and [[Cranswick plc]] are a food-processing company based in the north of Hull, which makes up-market (''Taste the Difference'') [[gourmet]] sausages for Tesco and [[Sainsbury's]], and [[Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones|The Black Farmer]], in West Carr; Cranswick Country Foods have their main [[Poultry farming|poultry processing]] site off the B1237 in the north of [[Stoneferry]].

Croda Europe has a chemical factory on the north side of the [[A1165 road|A1165]] in [[Newland, Kingston upon Hull|Newland]] next to River Hull; further south in [[Sculcoates]], [[Crown Paints]] have a factory on the west side of the River Hull. Walker Group in Hull own Victoria Plumb bathrooms, and the brand [[MFI (retailer)|MFI]]. [[Aunt Bessie's]] is a large food company in the west of Hull near the [[A63 road|A63]] and Hessle. Nearby [[Norbert Dentressangle]] claim to run the largest [[pea]] processing factory in the world<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/10m-pea-processing-plant-opens/story-11950585-detail/story.html |title=World's largest pea processing factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228061540/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/10m-pea-processing-plant-opens/story-11950585-detail/story.html |archive-date=28 December 2011 |access-date=22 March 2017|date=24 June 2008}}</ref> at the junction of the A1166 and the ''Clive Sullivan Way'' (A63), which has supplied all of [[Birds Eye]]'s peas since June 2008.

[[Ideal Standard]], the plumbing company, now in north Hull next to the [[Hull–Scarborough line]] (Yorkshire Coast Line), was formed in Hull in 1936. [[Ideal Heating]], owned by [[Stelrad]] and based nearby, make [[Water heating|domestic boiler]]s, and have diversified into [[air source heat pumps]] and [[Solar thermal collector|solar thermal]] water heaters. [[Comet (retailer)|Comet]], who originated there, had some main offices on ''George Street''. [[Gamebore Cartridge]] on the A1165 at [[Drypool]], Hull and [[Hull Cartridge]], on the Acorn Industrial Estate north of Ideal, both make [[Shotgun shell|shotgun cartridge]]s. [[Logan Teleflex]] (former Fabricom Airport Systems, and owned by Daifuku) makes luggage sorting systems near the B1237/A1033 junction in north Hull. [[KCOM Group]] (former Kingston Communications) is a telecommunications company based next to [[Hull City Hall]].

[[Seven Seas (company)|Seven Seas]], owned by [[Merck Group]], made [[cod liver oil]] and [[multivitamin]]s ([[Haliborange]]) on the [[A1033 road|A1033]] in [[Marfleet]] until 2015; next door is Willerby Holiday Homes, the UK's largest manufacturer of holiday homes; nearby, [[Paneltex]] is a group of engineering companies for vehicle bodies, on the Kingston International Park on the A1033, opposite Saltend; next door is Atlas Leisure Homes (in Preston). Humdinger (owned by [[Zetar]]) on the A1033 makes branded savoury snacks. [[Airbath]] (part of [[Reva Industries]]) is in north-east Hull. [[Dunlop (brands)|Fenner Dunlop]] Europe who claim to be the world's largest [[conveyor belt]] manufacturer, in Marfleet, have their own [[cricket pitch]] and their [[Hainsworth Research Centre]].

BP Saltend (in [[Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire|Preston]]) is Europe's largest producer of [[acetic acid]], and part of the worldwide BP [[Acetyl]]s group; next door, [[Ineos]] Enterprises makes [[Vinyl acetate|vinyl acetate monomer]] (VAM) and [[Vivergo]] (bioethanol) is nearby. [[Fenner (company)|Fenner]] is in [[Hessle]]. [[BAE Systems Military Air & Information]] (former [[Blackburn Aircraft]], and under threat of imminent closure) at [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]] is known as the ''Home of the Hawk'', and recently made the [[BAE Systems Hawk|Hawk 128]], with a fully [[Glass cockpit|digital cockpit]]. [[Kohler Mira Ltd]] make showers on the Melton West Business Park, south of the A63. [[Guardian Industries]] makes [[float glass]] in [[Goole]]; Timloc, part of [[Alumasc Group]], make ventilation for buildings. [[Croda International]], the chemical company, is in [[East Cowick]], near the M62/M18 Langham Interchange. [[Swift Leisure|Swift Group]] in Cottingham are the only UK manufacturer of caravans. [[Yara International|Yara]] UK have a fertiliser blending plant (former [[Phosyn]] before 2006) on the A1079 on a former [[RAF Pocklington|airfield]] in [[Barmby Moor]]. Bridlington is Europe's largest [[Lobster fishing|lobster port]].

There are many [[Royal Air Force]] bases in [[North Yorkshire]], close to the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]], [[Catterick Garrison]] is the largest army base in Europe near [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], and home of the [[Infantry Training Centre (British Army)|Infantry Training Centre]]. The [[RAF Leconfield|Defence School of Transport Leconfield]] is near [[Beverley]]. [[RAF Fylingdales]] is an important, though secret, part of NATO's [[Ballistic Missile Early Warning System]]; the [[Emergency Planning College]] at [[Easingwold]] provided courses to prepare for [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]]. [[Dishforth Airfield]] was the first place in the UK to get the Apache helicopter in 2003 for the [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]], and has had helicopters since 1991, currently having three squadrons of [[Westland Lynx|Lynx]] helicopters. The helicopters train over the North York Moors. [[4th Regiment Royal Artillery]] is at [[Alanbrooke Barracks]] (former RAF Topcliffe, and former HQ of [[15th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|15th Infantry Brigade]], which is now at [[Imphal Barracks]]). GCHQ (former Composite Signals Organisation) have a [[GCHQ Scarborough|site]] in the west of Scarborough. [[RAF Leeming]] is the only RAF station in [[Northern England]] that flies jet aircraft; the [[Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron]] flies from [[RAF Linton-on-Ouse]] (previously it had flown from [[RAF Church Fenton]] until 2013).<ref>{{cite web|title=Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron {{!}} Royal Air Force|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/university-air-squadrons/squadrons/yorkshire-universities-air-squadron/|website=raf.mod.uk|access-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083839/https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/university-air-squadrons/squadrons/yorkshire-universities-air-squadron/|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Nestlé]] in the UK are based in York, with [[Mackintosh's]] operations in Halifax. [[Persimmon plc]] (the UK's second largest builder of houses, building around 14,000 houses in 2014) is at the A19/A64 Fulford Interchange. The [[Shepherd Building Group]] (who own [[Portakabin]]), and [[Portasilo]], which makes [[Bulk material handling|bulk handling]] equipment such as [[silo]]s, are in Huntington off the [[A1036 road|A1036]] in the east of York; [[AlphaGraphics|AlphaGraphics UK]] are next door (formerly in Seamer), and to [[Monks Cross]] retail park. [[London North Eastern Railway]] has its headquarters in York. [[Terry's]] chocolate was closed in September 2005 by its new owner [[Kraft Foods]], and production moved to Poland. [[Costcutter]] is based on the [[A1079 road|A1079]] in [[Dunnington]]. [[Best Western]] Hotels UK are based at [[Clifton Without]]. [[CPP Group]] (credit card insurance) are on Holgate Park on the A59 in the north-west of the city centre; [[Aviva]] have a large site on Rougier Street (B1227) for equity release, life insurance, and pensions.

[[Rolawn]] at the Laveracks Industrial Estate on the B1228 in [[Elvington, City of York|Elvington]] is Europe's largest producer of lawn turf, with its Medallion brand being the UK market leader. [[DBS National Security Vetting]] is at Imphal Barracks in Fulford on the A19. [[Tangerine Confectionery]] is off the A59, in Acomb Ings in the west of York, which makes toffee and fudge; its old site on [[Coppergate]] is now [[Jorvik Viking Centre]]; the neighbouring [[British Sugar]] plant closed in 2007. [[Sherbet (powder)|Sherbet fountains]] have been made in York since 1925; the brand was bought by Tangerine from Cadbury in 2008. [[York Handmade Brick Company]], who have supplied bricks for [[The Shard]] and {{rws|London Bridge}} railway station are based in the village of [[Alne, North Yorkshire|Alne]], north of York.<ref>{{cite news |last=Casci |first=Mark |title=Profile: David Armitage, York Handmade Brick Company |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/profile-david-armitage-york-handmade-brick-company-1-8946260 |access-date=16 November 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=8 January 2018 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108101709/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/profile-david-armitage-york-handmade-brick-company-1-8946260 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{See also|List of companies in Harrogate}}

[[Worldpay Group plc|Streamline]], the UK's main [[merchant account provider]] formerly owned by [[NatWest]], is on the B6162 at [[Harlow Hill, Harrogate|Harlow Hill]] in the west of Harrogate; [[Principal Hotel Company]] UK (hotels), is at [[Oatlands, North Yorkshire|Oatlands]] in the south of the town, where [[Hein Gericke]] UK is on Hornbeam Park, next to Harrogate College. [[Dunlopillo]], a world-leading manufacturer of [[Foam rubber|latex foam]] mattresses was for many years off the A61 at [[Pannal]], south of Harrogate, until 2003, and from 2008 has now been headquartered in [[Huntingdon]] (Cambs). The Canadian [[McCain Foods|McCain Ltd]] has been in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] since 1969; [[Legrand (company)|Legrand]] UK make [[cable management]] systems at [[Cayton]] south of Scarborough on the B1261 next to McCain, and along the road from the coach builder [[Plaxton]]. [[Boyes (retailer)|Boyes]] (retail) are in [[Eastfield, North Yorkshire|Eastfield]]. [[Dale Power Solutions]], south of the B1261 on the Eastfield Industrial Estate, make electrical power supply equipment. [[Deep Sea Electronics]] make generator controllers on the [[Hunmanby]] Industrial Estate, off the [[A165 road|A165]], south of [[Filey]]. [[Whitby Seafoods Ltd]] is in [[Whitby]]; they are the biggest producer of [[scampi]] in the UK, and supply [[Wetherspoons]]. [[Westlers]], based on the B1257 in [[Amotherby]] make tinned convenience food, and the [[Field ration|MoD's military ration pack]]s (also made by [[Vestey Group|Vestey Foods]] of [[Coulsdon]] in London). [[Dalepak]] is based in [[Leeming Bar]] which is owned by [[ABP Food Group]]; [[Vale of Mowbray]] have made pork pies in [[Aiskew]] since 1928. [[Reed Boardall]] have the UK's second largest cold storage site on the west side of the A1 at [[Boroughbridge]] (the largest is now in [[Wisbech]] in Cambridgeshire).

[[File:Theakston Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 615591.jpg|thumb|Theakston Visitor Centre in Masham]]

[[John Smith's Brewery]] is at [[Tadcaster]], owned by Heineken UK, which started brewing [[Newcastle Brown Ale]] in May 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8696240.stm |title=Newcastle Brown Ale plant closes in Gateshead |work=BBC News |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=29 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513115139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/8696240.stm |archive-date= 13 May 2011 }}</ref> and [[Samuel Smith Old Brewery]]. At [[Masham]], there is the [[Theakston Brewery]] and the [[Black Sheep Brewery]]. Just to the north in [[Aiskew]], [[Masons Gin]] have a distillery.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire damages Masons Gin distillery in Yorkshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-47784459 |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=BBC News |date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403125533/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-47784459 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Skipton Building Society]] is in Skipton. [[Silver Cross (company)|Silver Cross]], the iconic pram manufacturer named after Silver Cross Street in Leeds, is headquartered in [[Broughton, Craven|Broughton]] at the junction of the [[A59 road|A59]] and [[A56 road|A56]] west of Skipton, although its ''Heritage'' prams are made in [[Bingley]] (most are made overseas). Next to [[Bentham railway station]] (close to the Lancashire boundary) [[Kidde]] Products UK make [[Fire fighting foam|foam]] [[fire extinguisher]]s. [[Quorn]] is made in [[Stokesley]] by [[Premier Foods|Marlow Foods]]. The [[Rural Payments Agency]] have a main office at Northallerton. [[Econ Engineering]] on the A61 Ripon bypass near the B6265 roundabout are Britain's leading manufacturer of [[Winter service vehicle|salt gritter]]s. [[Severfield]] is at Topcliffe on the east side of the [[A168 road|A168]], on a [[RAF Dalton|former airfield]]; they built the Olympic International Broadcast Centre in London. At another [[RAF Marston Moor|former airfield]] at [[Tockwith]], further south, [[Stage One (company)|Stage One]] built the [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympic Cauldron]], the glowing Olympic Rings, and the aerial stage objects.

[[File:Optare Manufacturing Plant.jpg|thumb|right|Optare bus factory in North Yorkshire, off the B1222]]

[[Austin Reed (retailer)|Austin Reed]], who own [[Viyella]], was on the A61 at the western end of [[Thirsk Racecourse]] until 2016. [[Slingsby Aviation]] make gliders and planes in [[Kirkbymoorside]], on the [[A170 road|A170]]. [[Perry Slingsby Systems]] (part of [[Forum Energy Technologies]]), next to Slingsby make [[remotely operated underwater vehicle]]s (ROVs), who have helped to develop the [[NATO Submarine Rescue System]]. [[Karro Food Group]] based at Malton, are a pork processor, formerly part of [[Vion NV]]. South of Selby, [[Saint-Gobain]] Glass UK (Solaglas) has made float glass for [[low emissivity]] windows since 2000 next to the A19 at the A645 roundabout, directly south of the [[Eggborough power station]]. [[Optare]] make buses on a large industrial estate in [[Sherburn-in-Elmet]] (previously in [[Cross Gates]] in Leeds before May 2011), and have been part of [[Hinduja Group]] since 2012.