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An industrial park , also known as industrial estate or trading estate , is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development . An industrial park can be thought of as a more heavyweight version of a business park or office park, which has offices and light industry , rather than heavy industry . Industrial parks are notable for being relatively simple to build; they often feature speedily erected single-space steel sheds, occasionally in bright colours.

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18-560: Altham may refer to: Altham, Lancashire , village and a civil parish in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England Altham (car) , American automobile manufactured from 1896 to 1899 HMS Altham , British inshore minesweeper Altham (surname) Baron Altham , title in the Peerage of Ireland, held by the Annesley family Topics referred to by

36-537: A nearby highway, and with only the basic utilities and roadways. Public transportation options may be limited or non-existent. Industrial parks in developing countries such as Pakistan face a myriad of additional difficulties. This includes the availability of a skilled workforce and the clustering together of radically different industrial sectors (pharmaceuticals and heavy engineering, for example), which often leads to unfavorable outcomes for quality centered industries. An industrial park specializing in biotechnology

54-457: Is Grade II* listed , was built in the 16th century. However, a church has existed in the village since 1140. At first, it was dedicated to St Mary. Until 1870 it was the parish church to Accrington . Altham is on the A678 road ; the nearest motorway junctions are M65 junctions 7 (west of Clayton-le-Moors ) and 8 (near Huncoat ). As of September 2016, the village is served by only one bus route;

72-403: Is called a biotechnology industrial park. It may also be known as a bio-industrial park or eco-industrial cluster. Flatted factories exist in cities like Singapore and Hong Kong , where land is scarce. These are typically similar to flats , but house individual industries instead. Flatted factories have cargo lifts and roads that serve each level, providing access to each factory lot. India

90-500: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Altham, Lancashire Altham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn , in Lancashire , England. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Burnley , 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Accrington , and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Clayton-le-Moors , and is on

108-534: Is the large number of industrial estates located along the River Thames in the Thames Gateway area of London . Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities, especially where more than one transport modes coincide, including highways , railroads , airports and ports . Another common feature of a North American industrial park is a water tower , which helps to hold enough water to meet

126-523: The A678 Blackburn to Burnley road. The village is located in the north east corner of the parish on the River Calder , and in the south west is Altham West , a suburb of Accrington. The census of 2001 recorded a population for the parish of 897, increasing to 1,137 at the 2011 Census. However the village's 2011 population was only 343. The Ham class minesweeper HMS  Altham was named after

144-477: The 152 operated by Blackburn Bus Company , which connects the village to Burnley , Blackburn and Preston . Ian Ashworth (1958-) professional footballer [REDACTED] Media related to Altham, Lancashire at Wikimedia Commons Industrial estate Industrial parks are usually located on the edges of, or outside, the main residential area of a city , and are normally provided with good transportation access, including road and rail . One such example

162-454: The 19th and early 20th centuries. After the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was opened in the 1810s, pits were located near the canal, and supplied coal to the industries of East Lancashire. Later in the century Altham Colliery (later renamed Moorfield Colliery) was opened. The colliery closed in 1949, and Moorfield Industrial Estate is now on the site. An explosion at the colliery in 1883 resulted in

180-608: The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced in April 2000. A special economic zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country's domestic economic laws. India has specific laws for its SEZs.The category 'SEZ' covers a broad range of more specific zone types, including free-trade zones (FTZ), export processing zones (EPZ), free zones (FZ), industrial estates (IE), free ports , urban enterprise zones and others. Usually,

198-598: The deaths of 68 people. Altham is now home to two industrial estates , Altham Industrial Estate within the village, which is home to the building manufacturing company Easy-Trim Roofing and Construction Products Ltd, and Moorfield Industrial Estate in the southwest of the parish near Clayton-le-Moors . Altham St. James C.E. Primary School is located in the village. The nearest secondary schools are in Accrington. Altham has an Anglican church , dedicated to St James and situated on Burnley Road. The current building, which

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216-538: The goal of a structure is to increase foreign direct investment by foreign investors, typically an international business or a Multi National Corporation (MNC) . Notable SEZs in India An organized industrial zone ( Turkish : Organize Sanayi Bölgesi ) is a kind of special economic zone in Turkey . These zones were legislated for between 2000 and 2007, and may bring together related (OIZs for function) industries or just be

234-429: The manufacturing companies located in industrial parks, the performance of industrial park operators is important, as the costs for infrastructure and services charged by the industrial park operator is a serious factor for the competitiveness of the manufacturing companies. Different industrial parks fulfill these criteria to differing degrees. Many small communities have established industrial parks with only access to

252-447: The park's demands and for firefighting purposes, and also advertises the industrial park and locality, as usually the community's name and logo are painted onto its surface. This idea of setting land aside through this type of zoning has several purposes: Benchmarking helps to rank industrial parks based on various criteria, including performance, investment, environmental protection, social responsibility, and governance (ESG). For

270-408: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Altham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Altham&oldid=908280220 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

288-514: The village. Altham is in Hyndburn , a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Lancashire . Altham was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley, this became a civil parish in 1866. From 1894 to 1974, the parish was in the Burnley Rural District . Hyndburn Borough Council has a total of 35 councillors, two of which are elected by the ward of Altham. As of 2020 ,

306-517: The ward is represented by two Labour Party councillors. Altham has a parish council ; its meetings are usually in Altham village. The facilities at Accrington Stanley 's Crown Ground stadium have allowed some meetings to be held there, a more convenient location for the residents of Altham West. Altham is the only civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn. Coal mining was the major industry in Altham in

324-632: Was one of the first countries in Asia to recognize the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) model in promoting exports, with Asia's first EPZ set up in Kandla in 1965. In order to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances; absence of world-class infrastructure, and an unstable fiscal regime and with a view to attract larger foreign investments in India,

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