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PICME wins an extra [pounds sterling]2.25 million. (Newsdesk).(Process Industries Centre for...

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Date: Saturday, March 1 2003

PICME, the Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence, has won an additional [pounds sterling]2.25m funding package from the UK government.

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Patricia Hewitt announced the Government decision at the Annual Business Outlook conference of the Chemical Industries Association recently.

Hewitt quoted the testimony of PICME's satisfied clients at the conference and concluded that: "PICME has done really well. It has already helped twenty companies secure benefits of [pounds sterling]14 million. Expressed another

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