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===Hampshire=== {{more citations needed|section|date=January 2017}} The [[British Army|Army]] have a large [[Aldershot Garrison|garrison]] in [[Aldershot]], with [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] being nearby. [[Elica]] also make [[extractor hood]]s in Aldershot, and the European HQ of the [[Computer Sciences Corporation]] consulting firm is based at the A323/[[A325 road|A325]] roundabout. [[Rentokil Initial]] have their head office and [[pest control]] division next to [[Blackwater railway station]], north of the A30, towards Camberley. [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]] has many international aerospace companies as well as [[Sofa Workshop]]. [[Nokia|Nokia UK]], which had also been a R&D base for [[Nokia Siemens Networks]] on the A327, left in 2012; further along the A327 is [[Autodesk|Autodesk UK]]. DKB Household UK ([[Zyliss]]) is off the [[A327 road|A327]] in North Farnborough; at the A325/A327 roundabout is [[Parametric Technology Corporation]] UK (known for its industry-standard [[PTC Creo Elements/Pro]] (Pro/ENGINEER) CAD/CAM software) with [[Red Hat]] UK. [[Thomson Local]] directory is on the A325 next to [[Farnborough (Main) railway station|Farnborough railway station]], next to the [[Catholic National Library]]; opposite is the design centre for [[Qualcomm]] UK (W-CDMA UMTS mobile technology) with [[Hogg Robinson Group]] UK (its worldwide headquarters are in Basingstoke). BAE Systems with [[CORDA (UK)|CORDA]] is south of the airfield at the Farnborough Aerospace Centre, off the A325/[[A3011 road (Great Britain)|A3011]] Queen's Roundabout. [[Sun Microsystems]] had their UK headquarters at Guillemont Park (former [[Guillemont Barracks]] until 1997) north of the M3 [[Minley]] Interchange at [[Blackwater and Hawley]], until 2009. The [[Ford Southampton plant]] of [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], near [[Southampton Airport]] and Stoneham Interchange (A335) of the M27, closed in July with production of the Transit moving to the [[Ford Otosan]] plant in [[Gölcük, Kocaeli]] (Turkey). [[Skandia|Skandia Insurance]] have their UK base there. [[Carnival Corporation & plc]], the world's largest cruise ship operator, has one of its two headquarters at Carnival House. The [[Maritime and Coastguard Agency]] is in the town centre near the A3057. [[Swatch]] UK (and [[Omega SA|Omega]] UK) are based near [[Millbrook, Southampton|Millbrook Flyover]] ([[A33 road|A33]]). [[Image:Draper Tools HQ, Chandler's Ford - geograph.org.uk - 139718.jpg|thumb|left|HQ of Draper Tools.]] [[B&Q]] and [[Draper Tools]] are based in [[Chandler's Ford]]. [[Prysmian]] Cables & Systems, who make [[Electric power transmission|high-tension electric]] cables (for [[Offshore wind power|offshore windfarms]]), communication cables and [[Circuit integrity|fire-resistant cable]], are off the B3037 in Eastleigh, next to a rail servicing plant and the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|River Itchen]]. [[Bacardi|Bacardi-Martini]] and [[London Camera Exchange]] are in [[Winchester]] and {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} north-west, [[Arqiva]] (broadcasting infrastructure, at the former technical division of the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority|IBA]]) are based in [[Crawley, Hampshire]]. The [[Adjutant General's Corps]] HQ (former [[Royal Army Pay Corps]]) is at [[Worthy Down Camp]] off the A34 north of Winchester at [[Kings Worthy]], since 2012 the home of the [[Defence School of Personnel Administration]]. To the north-west, the Leckford Estate, with [[Longstock Park]], next door provides much of the milk, mushrooms, fruit, honey and free-range chicken for Waitrose; [[John Spedan Lewis]], founder of John Lewis, lived there until his death in 1963. [[File:Geograph 2222919 Ordnance Survey's new HQ.jpg|thumb|[[Ordnance Survey]] headquarters at Adanac Park.|alt=]] [[Garmin|Garmin Europe]] is in [[Hounsdown]] just west of Southampton. Esso has its main UK refinery at [[Fawley, Hampshire|Fawley]] (the largest refinery, by production, in the UK); north of Fawley is [[Polimeri Europa]] UK (former [[International Synthetic Rubber]], now owned by [[Eni]]) off the A326, which makes elastomers. [[Ineos]], the third largest chemicals company in the world, is in [[Lyndhurst, Hampshire|Lyndhurst]] in the New Forest (A35). [[Roke Manor Research]] (founded by Plessey in 1956, and owned since 2010 by Chemring) at [[Roke Manor]] at [[Romsey Extra]] developed the [[Hawk-Eye]] system in 2001. The [[Ordnance Survey]] have a new headquarters (previously further east in Southampton before 2011) at [[Nursling and Rownhams]], off the [[M271 motorway|M271]] Nursling Interchange. On the A337 in [[Mudeford]] in the east of Christchurch is a large BAE Systems radar site (the former [[Signals Research and Development Establishment]]). [[Image:NATS London Area Control Centre, Swanwick - geograph.org.uk - 464744.jpg|thumb|[[National Air Traffic Service]] headquarters at Swanwick.|alt=]] [[Best Buy Europe]] is in Hedge End; SPI Lasers make [[Fiber laser|fibre laser]]s for [[Optical fiber|optical fibre]]s; [[Glen Dimplex]] have an HQ north of the [[A334 road|A334]]. [[Chemring Group]], [[Royal Boskalis Westminster|Boskalis Westminster]] ([[dredging]]) and the [[National Air Traffic Services]] (NATS) are in [[Fareham]] ([[Swanwick, Hampshire|Swanwick]]) near [[Zurich Financial Services|Zurich Insurance UK]]. At [[Locks Heath]] off the A27 further south at [[Kite's Croft]] Business Park is [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder UK]] and the scrapped South East Regional Control Centre ([[FiReControl]]). On the opposite side of the A27 on Funtley Ind Est is [[Eaton Corporation|Eaton Aerospace]], who have their Fuel & Motion Control Systems Division ([[Aerial refueling|aerial refuelling]], making fuel valves for aircraft), which is the former Abbey Works site of [[Plessey]] Dynamics (Mechanical Systems) and Plessey Aerospace. [[Raymarine Marine Electronics]] (owned by [[FLIR Systems]]) off the A27 (near Estée Lauder) at Titchfield is the world's leading leisure [[marine electronics]] company. [[TÜV SÜD]] UK ([[product certification]]) are next to [[Gemalto]] UK, who make [[EMV|chip and PIN cards]], at Segensworth between the railway and the M27; further along is [[The Cooper Companies|CooperVision]], who make contact lenses, and next door is [[Turbomeca]] UK (part of [[Safran]]). [[GE Aviation]], on a site which was formerly [[Folland Aircraft]] then [[British Aerospace|BAe Aerostructures]], has a factory at [[Hamble-le-Rice]] which makes [[Composite material|composites]] for [[airframe]]s and racing cars, using products such as [[Maleimide|Bismaleimide]] resin. [[Crewsaver]] (owned by [[Survitec Group|Survitec]]), [[Covidien]] UK (owned by [[VNUS]]), and [[Wickham Laboratories]] are off the [[A32 road|A32]] at Fleetlands, (north of Gosport), south of Fareham, and north of [[DM Gosport]], which handles the Navy's armaments including [[Sea Skua]], [[Sea Wolf (missile)|Sea Wolf]], the [[Eurosam]] [[Aster (missile family)|Aster]], [[Sea Dart]] ([[Surface-to-air missile|surface-to-air]]), and GEC-Marconi [[Sting Ray (torpedo)]]. Kenwood, owned by [[De'Longhi]] since 2001, have a factory at [[West Leigh]], Havant; next-door, Sumika Polymer Compounds (owned by [[Sumitomo Chemical]]), and Pfizer (former Wyeth Biotech before 2009) have plants on New Lane Ind Est next to the [[Portsmouth Direct Line|railway]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} [[Lockheed Martin U.K.]] is at the Langstone Technology Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.langtp.com |title=Affordable, Flexible Office Space Havant, Flexible Office Space Rental Hampshire - Langstone Technology Park |website=www.langtp.com |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110214202/http://www.langtp.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> off the A3023, near the A27, at [[Brockhampton, Hampshire|Brockhampton]], near to [[Apollo Fire Detectors]], [[Jobsite]] (owned by [[dmg::media]]), and [[Pains Wessex]] (a leading manufacturer of maritime distress [[flare]]s); [[SSE plc]] have their main southern HQ on the Southmoor Lane Ind Est next door. [[Paradigm Secure Communications]] ([[Airbus Defence and Space]]) control the UK's Ariane-launched [[Skynet (satellite)|Skynet]] military satellites from former the [[RAF Oakhanger]] off the [[A325 road|A325]] west of Bordon. [[Southwick House]], off the B2177 in [[Southwick and Widley]], is the home of the [[Defence School of Policing and Guarding]] and the Regimental Headquarters of the [[Royal Military Police]]. [[VT Group]] is based in [[Hedge End]], with VT Education & Skills and VT Flagship based in [[North Harbour, Portsmouth]]. Near the A2030/A27 [[Farlington, Hampshire|Farlington]] Roundabout in east Portsmouth, Airbus Defence and Space (former Astrium before 2014, and earlier [[Marconi Space and Defence Systems]]) at Anchorage Park near [[Hilsea railway station]], make payloads for the [[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo navigation system]], at its Broad Oak Works, with [[SELEX Elsag]] and BAE Systems on the former [[Portsmouth Airport, Hampshire|Portsmouth Airport]]; GKN Aerospace (former [[FPT Industries]]) situated at the former make aviation [[self-sealing fuel tank]]s; Atmosphere Control International (former [[Wellman Group|Wellman Defence]] before 2012, and part of TPG Engineering) in Portsmouth make the [[air purifier]]s for the British and French [[nuclear submarine]]s. [[Pall Corporation|PALL Europe]] (fluid filtration) is based on the Harbourgate Business Park, on the opposite side of the M27 from [[Port Solent]]. Much of the [[Royal Navy]] is based at [[HMNB Portsmouth]] with [[BAE Systems Surface Ships]]; [[Navy Command Headquarters]] is at [[Whale Island, Hampshire|Whale Island]], next to the [[M275 motorway|M275]]. [[IBM]] is headquartered in [[Cosham]], North [[Portsmouth]], with large laboratories in [[Hursley House]]. [[Lenovo]] UK and [[Serco]] are at Bartley Wood Business Park, off the B3349 (M3 [[Hook, Hart|Hook]] Interchange), with [[Virgin Media]] (13,600 staff in the UK, with 1,200 at the head office); next door is [[First Drinks]], a whisky distributor owned by [[William Grant & Sons]], [[Trimble Navigation]] UK (GPS systems) and [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services|HP Enterprise Services Defence & Security UK]] (former EDS Defence). The [[Police Staff College, Bramshill]], the Police's main training centre, is nearby to the north; the [[European Police College]] (CEPOL, run by [[Europol]]) was at Bramshill until 2014 when it moved to Budapest. [[Festo]] GB (industrial automation, based at [[Esslingen am Neckar]]) is next to the M3 on Ancells Business Park, next to [[Rohde & Schwarz]] UK (electronic testing). [[Vertu]], division of Nokia makes luxury phones at [[Church Crookham]]. [[CV-Library]] is in Fleet; [[Conair Corporation|Conair Group]] ([[BaByliss]] [[hair dryer]]s) are at the nearby Waterfront Business Park. [[File:AA head office - geograph.org.uk - 780430.jpg|thumb|left|The AA's headquarters at [[Fanum House]] in Basingstoke.]] The [[The Automobile Association|AA]], [[Scott Wilson Group|Scott Wilson]], [[Genus plc]], and [[Winterthur Group|Winterthur Life]] are based in Basingstoke. The pharmaceuticals group [[Eli Lilly and Company|Eli Lilly UK]], with [[Elanco]] UK ([[Veterinary medicine|animal health]]), is in [[Norfolk House, Basingstoke|Norfolk House]] in Houndmills east of the [[North Hampshire Hospital]], the main home for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; also in Houndmills are [[Fyffes|Fyffes UK]] (next to the railway), and [[GAME (retailer)|GAME Group]], with [[Gamestation]] (formerly in York), which it bought in 2007; [[Palgrave Macmillan]], a leading worldwide trade publisher with the [[Pharmaceutical Press]], is south of A339 and hospital. [[Thales Missile Electronics]] (former [[Thorn EMI]]) is in central Basingstoke near the A3010/A339 junction, which makes parts for the [[Brimstone (missile)|Brimstone]] missile. [[Alberto-Culver|Alberto-Culver UK]] and [[Shire (pharmaceutical company)|Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc]] left the Hampshire International Business Park near [[Chineham]] in 2011 and 2017 respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last= Garfield |first= Richard |date= 25 September 2011 |title= Jobs blow as firm quits town base |work= Basingstoke Gazette |url= https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/9270455.jobs-blow-as-firm-quits-town-base/ |access-date= 29 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Whiteway |first= Dan |date= 19 May 2019 |title= Green light to convert former Shire office into homes |work= Basingstoke Gazette |url= https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/17641411.green-light-convert-former-shire-office-homes/ |access-date= 29 May 2023}}</ref> On the Chineham Business Park is the [[Gas safe register|Gas Safe Register]] (predecessor [[Council for Registered Gas Installers|CORGI]] was also in Basingstoke), and [[Hama Photo|Hama]] UK (photography equipment); [[Peek Traffic]], south of Shire, is one of two companies in the UK that make [[Traffic light|traffic signal]]s. [[Motorola|Motorola UK]], next-door to Meggitt Sensing Systems, and [[De La Rue]] are on the [[Viables]] industrial estate next to the M3 and [[Cranbourne, Hampshire|Cranbourne]]; BD UK (former [[CareFusion]] UK before 2014) makes ''Alaris'' [[infusion pump]]s, [[medical ventilator]]s and [[automated dispensing cabinet]]s. De La Rue have a main banknote printing works at Overton Mill in [[Overton, Hampshire|Overton]], to the west towards the [[A34 road|A34]], and a holographics factory on the Daneshill industrial estate, in the west of the town; [[De Dietrich]] UK (kitchen appliances) are near a plant of Thermo Fisher Scientific UK, and [[Boeing UK|Boeing Defence UK]]. Mars Drinks ([[Flavia Beverage Systems]] and [[Klix (company)|Klix]]) is north of the railway, south of Daneshill. [[Gale (publisher)|Gale Cengage UK]] are in the east of [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]], off the A3093 on Walworth Industrial Estate; further south are [[Twinings]] (who also own [[Ovaltine]]) and to east of the estate is [[Stannah Lifts]] (owned by [[Schaefer Group|SSI Schaefer]]), next to [[Petty Wood]], owner of the Epicure food brand, with [[Le Creuset]] UK ([[Cookware and bakeware|cookware]]); [[Euronics]] UK is further west. The [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] trains at [[Middle Wallop Flying Station]], off the A343. [[Britten-Norman]] (B-N Group) make [[turboprop]] aeroplanes on the Isle of Wight. The Danish [[Vestas]] (former [[NEG Micon]] before 2004) closed the UK's only wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight in 2010, and Vestas Technology have a research site in [[Northwood, Isle of Wight|Northwood]]; [[Stainless Games]] developed [[Carmageddon]]. GKN Aerospace at East Cowes make engine [[nacelle]]s, with its [[GKN Aeropace Composites Research Centre|Composites Research Centre]], in the former main plant of [[Saunders-Roe]]. [[Ratsey and Lapthorn]] make sails at Cowes.
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