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===Cumbria=== {{Main|Cumbria#Economy}} [[Royal Navy]] submarines and ships are made by [[BAE Systems Submarine Solutions]] in [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. The coast of [[Cumbria]] is known as Britain's Energy Coast due to the large amounts of energy being produced along the coast of the county; [[Sellafield]] is a power station which is located in West Cumbria and is a major contributor to the "Energy Coast" also, [[Barrow-in-Furness]] is major town in contributing to the "Energy Coast" with a power station ([[Roosecote Power Station]]), Gas Terminals ([[Rampside Gas Terminal]]) and an offshore wind farm ([[Walney Wind Farm]]) which is approximately 14 km (8.6 miles) west of the town's coastline with some of the largest wind turbines on Earth. On the [[Westlakes Science & Technology Park]] off the A595 south of Whitehaven, is the [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]] (in Herdus House). The [[British Cattle Movement Service]] is at Workington next to [[Tata Steel Europe|Tata Steel Projects]], near a site of the [[National Nuclear Laboratory]] on Derwent Howe Ind Est. [[Iggesund Paperboard]] is south of Workington, off the [[A596 road|A596]]; next door is [[Eastman Chemical Company|Eastman Chemical]]. [[Amcor|Amcor Flexibles Cumbria]] (former Alcan before 2009) in the south of Workington prints [[Potato chip|crisp packets]] and confectionery wrappers, for distribution around the UK's factories. The [[Lake District]] is popular with holiday makers. The [[Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]] is near Whitehaven. [[Lakeland (company)|Lakeland]], who make kitchenware, are in Windermere. [[Stobart Group]] is in [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]. [[M-Sport]], the [[Rallying|rally team]] at [[Dovenby Hall]], and [[Jennings Brewery]] are in [[Cockermouth]]. [[James Cropper (company)|James Cropper]], Europe's leading manufacturer of coloured paper, is in [[Burneside]], north of Kendal, on the [[River Kent]] near the [[A591 road|A591]]. Pirelli have their main UK tyre plant (for prestige cars) on the B5299 in south Carlisle; to the south in [[Cummersdale]] next to the [[River Caldew]], [[Stead McAlpin]] have a large textile site, formerly owned by [[John Lewis Partnership|John Lewis]]. [[BSW Timber]], the UK's largest [[sawmill]]ing company, has a large site north of Carlisle at [[Cargo, Cumbria|Cargo]] in [[Kingmoor]], next to [[Carlisle Kingmoor TMD]] on the WCML. [[BillerudKorsnäs]] had a paper mill at [[Beetham]] on the A6 next to the [[River Bela]] in the south of the county. [[Sealy Corporation|Sealy]] UK make beds and mattresses on the B5031 next to [[Aspatria railway station]] in north Cumbria, west of Carlisle; next door [[First Milk (company)|First Milk]] make [[Lake District Cheddar]]. Further east along the A596, [[Innovia Films]] (former British Rayophane) have a large site at [[Wigton]]. GSK Ulverston, built in 1949 as Glaxo to produce penicillin with a new plant to be built, makes [[cephalosporin]] antibiotics including [[cefuroxime]] and [[ceftazidime]].
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