29/10/07

NORTH EAST BUSINESS AWARDS

 

K Home International is pleased to support this years Business Awards for the North East of England.

These awards act as a show case and celebration of the expertise and entrepreneurial spirit in the region.

K Home has previously been a successful contender in these awards, twice winning the category of Company of the Year and once winning Exporter of the Year.

This year K Home will be acting as sponsor and chair of the judging panel for the Technology award in both the Tees Valley sub-regional competition and the North East regional finals. The Technology award is designed to encourage innovation and the use of technology. K Home decided to support the Technology award because we recognise its importance in ensuring that we remain competitive in highly competitive global markets.

 

19/10/07

K HOME BACKS LOCAL HOSPICE

 

At a presentation ceremony in Teesside today K Home International's support for a local charity was recognised.

The staff of K Home have raised thousands of pounds to support the Butterwick Hospice which provides free of charge care to children and adults in the Teesside region.

At the ceremony K Home and several other local companies were named as Corporate Partners of Butterwick Hospice Care.

Andrew Home, CEO, received an award on behalf of the staff at K Home's head quarters in Teesside.

Trevor Arnold, MD, received an award on behalf of the staff from K Home's office in Dubai in recognition of a 150 mile sponsored walk that Trevor and General Manager Dave Ellerton completed in the summer to raise money for local charities in both Teesside and the UAE.

 

20/07/07

QATALUM ALUMINIUM SMELTER CONTRACT

 

K Home International has started work on a new contract which will form part of the largest greenfield aluminium smelter ever to be built.

FATA S.p.A. (FATA EPC Division), in cooperation with K Home International, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the Casthouse and the Anode Baking Plant by Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium for the new Qatalum aluminium smelter.

The contracts, whose overall value is US$ 500 million, were signed in Doha, Qatar.

Construction works will start in early 2008, and production of the casthouse and the anode baking plant will commence in the latter part of 2009.

Qatalum will be the largest aluminium plant ever launched with a first phase capacity of 585,000 tonnes per year of primary aluminium.

The plant will be built in the north of Mesaieed Industrial Area, South of Doha, Qatar.

 

24/06/07

Catalyst Recovery Project - Wilton T8

 

Following a competitive tendering process, KHI has been awarded a project by Artenius UK Ltd (formerly AdvanSA) for the detail design of a catalyst recovery plant at the Wilton International chemicals complex.

The catalyst recovery unit, which is based on standard technology used on modern PTA plants, will remake fresh catalyst solution using recovered catalyst and some basic raw materials, in addition to recycling the Terephthalic Acid (TA) solids lost in the effluent purge stream.

The new facility will deliver both economic and environmental benefits to the T8 PTA Operations by reducing overall catalyst usage and recycling TA solids back into the plant process stream for conversion to end product.

 

25/05/07

Teesside Renewable Fuels Plant

 

KHI has been awarded another contract in the renewable fuels sector.

Following the recent agreement between Bioverda and Tees Valley Biofuels to build and operate a large scale biofuel facility in Teesside, KHI has been appointed to develop the outline design of the seed crushing and oil extraction plant.

Alongside other north east companies in the renewable fuels supply chain, KHI has been involved in the project from its inception, having assisted in process evaluations, site comparison studies, the planning approval process and the management of environmental impact assessments and ecology studies.

The facility will receive locally sourced rape seed to produce a sustainable biofuel for use by oil companies as part of the blending process in the production of biodiesel.

 

Engineering company invests in industry’s future

 

K Home International Limited (KHI), of Thornaby, a Tees Valley engineering company has struck fresh blows against the acute skills shortage facing its industry, having recruited two apprentices – bringing its current complement of prospective engineers to seven....' click here.

 

ISO 9001 Re-certification identifies enthusiasm of K Home staff

 

Following a very thorough 3 day audit by external consultants Det Norske Veritas (DNV), K Home International Limited has successfully been re-certified to the international quality standard ISO 9001 for provision of engineering, procurement and project/construction management services.

K Home International has always worked with a philosophy of providing high quality services to its clients. This was formalised in 1992 when its procedures and systems were first accredited to ISO 9001, the internationally recognised symbol of quality.

KHI's operating procedures are encompassed within an overall Quality Management System (QMS), which receives regular external audits from DNV throughout the year. The audit to gain re-certification, however, is carried out every three years and involves a probing analysis across all aspects of the Company's activities including engineering design, project management and construction management. This was the first re-certification since KHI incorporated Construction Management into the ISO 9001 certificate and it passed with flying colours.

DNV's audit report concluded that it found no non-conformities or observations and went on to comment KHI has a 'stable and mature management system' and that the staff had an 'enthusiastic engagement in activities'.

'The manner in which the company passed this re-certification is a credit to the dedication and quality of employees at K Home International. Our Company remains committed to adding value to its customers by providing high quality services' said Chairman Andrew Home, 'This re-certification however does not mean we will not rest on our laurels because we must always be looking for continuous improvement'.

Further information about KHI's Quality Management Systems can be obtained from Mr. Neal Granycome, QA Manager upon request - neal.granycome@khomeint.com

 

22/05/06

Tees Valley Biofuels ready for first flush of flowers with oil seed rape crop.

 

'K Home International has been named by Tees Valley Biofuels as the main contractor for a seed processing facility to be built in the North East of England. The plant will produce products for renewable transport fuels and electricity generation. For more details ....' click here.

 

17/02/06

Ceremony marks start of construction work on £15m polymer plant

A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony has taken place to mark the start of construction work on a fluorinated polymer plant in the North-West of England.

The plant, near Blackpool, in Lancashire, is being designed and built for the Asahi Glass Company, of Japan, by K Home International Limited, of Teesside, in a contract worth £15m.

Yesterday, Takashizu Minato, President & CEO of Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers UK Limited, and Ken Home, Chairman and CEO of K Home International, planted a tree to mark the start of the FCH-1 building project.

When production starts in early 2007, the plant will help meet increased worldwide demand for the fluorinated resin ETFE, which is widely used as insulating material for electrical wiring and as a raw material in the production of films.

Asahi is one of the world’s leading producers of fluorochemicals and fluoropolymer materials. The ETFE plant – which will be adjacent to Asahi’s existing PTFE (polytetrafluorethylene) facility in Thornton-Cleveleys – represents its biggest investment outside of Japan since it acquired the fluorinated resin business in Europe and the US, from ICI, in 1999.

K Home International (KHI), based in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, was appointed as engineering design, procurement and construction contractor, on a risk-reward partnership agreement, after initially being asked by Asahi to carry out a front end study of the plant, including capital cost estimate and implementation plan. It also assisted in the selection of Mowlem as installation contractor.

KHI director Ian Pearey said: “Asahi came to us because of our recognised capabilities in PDMS 3D-modelling. Our design team used Asahi’s ETFE plant in Japan as a template to create a full-scale model of the UK plant, which included precise detail of all pipe and steelwork and meant we could achieve the highest possible degree of surety.

“The plant in Japan is, as you would expect, built to a very high standard, but one of our keys tasks is to ensure that all specifications and codes, particularly those relating to pipework and pressure vessels, are translated to meet European standards, as well as those applying to construction in Asia.”

In recent years, worldwide demand for ETFE has increased sharply as a result of new applications in the automotive and construction sectors, significantly in European markets. Second phase development to double capacity at the Thornton-Cleveleys plant is earmarked for 2010.

Senior Executive Officer of Asahi Glass Michiyoshi Kaino who travelled from Japan for the ceremony stated that ‘Customer satisfaction is a key objective and this plant will enable us to better serve our important customers in Europe’.

KHI Chairman Ken Home said: “We are immensely proud to be associated with this project, and the fact we have entered into a shared risk-reward framework with Asahi is a measure of both our commitment to the project and confidence of completing the design and building programme in the most cost effective way possible.”

Geoff Conroy, Project Manager for ASAHI Glass said: ‘This is a very challenging project and will be delivered on a shared risk basis between AGFP and KHI. We have a strong project team, a flexible contract and we are supported by advanced project management techniques’

2005

21/04/05

KHI receives Queen's Award for Enterprise : International Trade

 

K Home International Limited was today named as one of a select number of companies to receive the Queen's Award in the category of International Trade.

The Award is a fantastic achievement and a testament to our highly skilled and dedicated workforce.  K Home's success is based upon the dedication of its staff and the trust shown by local clients in the North East, as well as our overseas customers.

The Award is given to companies that can demonstrate outstanding achievement in international trade, resulting in substantial overseas earnings and commercial success.  The assessors also need to see that the applicants have a high regard for Corporate Responsibility such that the company has a positive impact on society and the environment, and that it has forward thinking and constructive attitudes in its approach to relationships with suppliers, staff and clients.

Over the past few years K Home has been involved in multi-million pound projects in Dubai, Bahrain, Trinidad, Malaysia and Egypt working in such industries as offshore and onshore oil & gas, aluminium smelting, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.  More recently the company has expanded its field of activities into commercial construction projects such as leisure and retail including hotels, shopping centres and golf facilities.

Currently the company's head office in Thornaby is working with a number of UK clients including Biofuels Corporation, Alcan, Aesica Pharmaceuticals, Johnson Matthey and Pfizer.  K Home is proud to support these entrepreneurial companies who are demonstrating that the North East has a thriving industrial base and the skills to develop competitively in the future.

The Thornaby office is also working with a number of overseas clients, including Bechtel, Ferrostaal and National Oilwell.

In its recently opened Dubai office K Home is providing project management services to a number of high profile leisure, retail and residential projects. The largest of these is the Atlantis hotel being developed by Kerzner International.

 

24/03/05

KHI welcomes the Northeast's contribution to renewable fuels

 

KHI is supporting the Northeast Biofuels Dinner and exhibition at Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield on 2 June 2005.

This prestigious event demonstrates the commitment of the North East business community to developing a sustainable biofuels industry in the region.  The Northeast Biofuels group involves all interested parties in establishing a viable biofuel industry from farmers through to forecourt delivery of fuel, a true fuel 'from seed to tank'.

KHI welcomes the development of this new industry sector.  The company has recently been involved with the £25m Biodiesel Plant being constructed in Teesside and is actively supporting the assessment of establishing a rape seed crushing plant for biodiesel manufacture in the Durham-Tees Valley.

The development of achievable sustainable energy practices is key to the UK's future energy policy and the forthcoming dinner is seen as a key indicator to how seriously the region is addressing the issue.  For further information about Northeast Biofuels click here.

 

12/01/05

KHI involved in new magnesium smelter project

 

Magnesium International Limited (MIL) announced today that K Home International will be providing engineering support to MAN Ferrostaal, the EPC contractor for MIL’s 88,000 tonne per annum magnesium smelter. For further information click here.

 

 

2004

01/12/04

KHI provide Project Management service to the world’s largest hotel

 

K Home International have been appointed by Kerzner International to provide Project Management services on the ‘Atlantis, The Palm’ hotel to be built in Dubai. For more information about the project click here.

01/11/04

New name, same faces

 

On 1st November, K Home Engineering changed its name to K Home International Limited in recognition of an increasingly global client base and the establishment of overseas offices. The company believes that this name portrays a more accurate image of the Company. Our valued clients and suppliers in the UK and Worldwide remain important to the continued success of the business. Other than the name, no legal or contractual aspects will alter.

09/09/04

Opening of Dubai Branch Office

 

After many years of successfully engineering and delivering major projects in Dubai, K Home Engineering have decided to establish a branch office. Dave Ellerton, a long serving manager at K Home Engineering has been entrusted to get the new office up and running. Dave has many years experience of working in Dubai and has recently returned from Trinidad where he established K Home Engineering’s branch office in Port of Spain. ‘K Home Engineering has deservedly got a very good reputation in Dubai and the region for providing a top quality service’ said Dave Ellerton. ‘By being setting up this office we wish to demonstrate to our clients in the Gulf that we are committed to providing them with the best possible levels of service’.

01/01/04

CEO receives OBE in New Years Honours List

 

The year got off to a right royal start when Mr Ken Home the founder and Chairman/CEO of K Home Engineering was awarded the OBE for services to business in the Tees Valley. 31 years ago, Ken started a company with the support of his wife, which with the careful stewardship of Ken has grown to be a world-class company employing hundreds of people and bringing millions of pounds of overseas income into the local economy. Ken although highly delighted and proud of the award was quick to give credit to the many loyal staff who have served the company over its 31 year history. Ken’s personal philosophies of honesty and integrity have shaped the company ‘s operating practices.

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2003

 

17/06/03

Winners of the Company of the Year Award

 

North East Business Awards Hardwick Hall in Tony Blair’s constituency of Sedgefield, was the setting for the award ceremony that celebrated the finest businesses in the North East of England. K Home Engineering was announced as the top company in the North East. ‘This is a fantastic award’, said M.D. Trevor Arnold, ‘in a region that has some of the world’s finest manufacturing and engineering facilities to be named as the best really confirms that we are a world class company’.

06/06/03

MD receives MBE in Queens Birthday Honours

In the Queens birthday honours list K Home Engineering’s M.D. Mr Trevor Arnold was awarded an MBE for services to foreign trade. ‘This is a great honour to be recognised by this country at the highest level. This award however is as much a credit for the brilliant staff of K Home Engineering as it is for myself’.

14/05/03

Winners of the Company of the Year Award - Tees Valley Business Awards

 

This evening K Home Engineering was judged to be the top company in the Tees Valley. The gala dinner at the Tall Trees Hotel was attended by over 1000 guests, representing a wide spectrum of the local business community. Three companies were short listed for the award out of 50 who were originally considered as candidates. The judging panel’s decision declared that K Home was the clear winner. This was due to outstanding achievements that the management and staff had made and the overall contribution to the local economy. ‘This is a marvellous accolade from our peers’ said Chairman Mr Ken Home.

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