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 VALE AM, Jane Hutt, visited the Barry Plastics Fabrication Firm 'Roperhurst', on the Ty Verlon Industrial Estate to congratulate directors Bob Lane and Phillipe De Wilde for their commitment to recruiting and training young people, recognised with an award from Careers Wales.

Careers Wales has awarded Roperhurst its "most valued partner" in 2008.  At a dinner to recognise the recruitment and support achievements of organisations in Wales, Roperhurst's MD Bob Lane received the award on behalf of the company.

"PUBLIC opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of the planned Defence Technical College at MoD St Athan", the First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM told a gathering in Barry on Friday, attended by Roperhurst's Bob Lane.

Bob Lane, Managing Director of Roperhurst Limited, will become Chairman of the Wales branch of the HVCA.

Companies like Roperhurst have been employing school leavers since its formation in 1976. Its current MD, Bob Lane, joined the company straight from school 29 years ago. Roperhurst is actively looking for more people in this mold - people prepared to learn, advance, manage and lead. It is absolutely vital that government, educators and parents remind their children that university is not the only way, that there are outlets for ambition in other areas, and that leaving education at 16+ should not necessarily mean the end of career prospects.

Roperhurst Limited, a specialist plastics and environmental engineering company based outside Barry, has just completed its most challenging assignment in Melbourne Australia. A team of six engineers carried out a major piece of refurbishment at the local steel works on behalf of an American customer.