Green project joint venture could create up to 100 jobs

The jobs are expected to be created as a result of a joint venture (JV) between Rotherham-based Newburgh Engineering and Leeds-based Firechill.

The JV, named Firechill Manufacturing, is the result of a Yorkshire Forward initiative to bring more manufacturing operations into Yorkshire.

The Sheffield office of national law firm Nabarro advised the JV in securing the US-developed Cooltec heat-activated technology, which Firechill Manufacturing will manufacture and market worldwide.

Newburgh Engineering will make the units at its Rotherham site, while global distribution, recruitment and marketing work will be carried out by Firechill.

Vincent Middleton, the managing director of Newburgh Engineering, said the systems would be aimed at the non-domestic market, adding: "It's a fantastic idea – to take waste heat and generate cooling.

"It is now up to all the Firechill team to deliver a world-beating green product.

"The market is there, we have just got to get production ramped up."

He said Newburgh was "sitting very well", with its financial performance exceeding pre-recession levels.

Newburgh, which has a turnover of 10m and 110 staff, plans to hire more skilled workers soon.

Mr Middleton said the project had been inspired by Yorkshire Forward's Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN), which had helped companies to pool resources to bid for bigger contracts.