 | RS Components Limited RS Components, commonly known as RS, is a global, world leading industrial distributor of electronic and industrial components headquartered in Corby, where it is the largest employer with more than 2,500 members of staff. RS has operating companies based in over 25 countries, including France, Italy, Germany and Denmark, with operations as far afield as Chile, America and China, and distributes to over 160 countries worldwide. Recent awards achieved include Regional Winner at the National Training Awards 2008 and a winner at the Customer Service Awards 2008. |
| Avon Cosmetics Limited Avon is the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products, reaching women in over 120 countries through 5.8 million independent sales representatives. Avon’s UK Head Office is located in Northampton and supports both the UK and European business with the UK Contact Centre and Distribution Centre based at Corby. Avon has had a base in Corby for more than 30 years and employs in excess of 600 people. |
 | Solway Foods Limited Solway Foods was founded in Corby in 1988, and is today one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of fresh salads and sandwiches with an annual turnover in excess of £130 million. In 2007/8, the company invested £10m in its Corby operation to provide additional capacity and automation. Solway produces own label prepared salad meals and pasta salad snacks for Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons. |
| Corus Group Limited Corus Tubes is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of hot finished, cold formed welded steel tubular products, employing around 2,300 people in 11 manufacturing sites/sales offices across 5 different countries. Corus Tubes in Corby has provided the structural steel for a number of major sports stadiums in the UK, including the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, the new Wembley stadium and Arsenal Football Club's Emirates Stadium. Closer to home, Corus has also provided steel for the high-profile developments that have transformed Corby town centre as well as for new sculptures at West
Glebe Park. Graduates joining Corus Tubes are based in Corby or Hartlepool in the North East of England. |
 | Tresham Further and Higher Education Tresham is a College of Further and Higher Education with campuses in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. Tresham has an annual income of over £23 million and has over 10,000 part-time and full-time learners. Tresham officially opened a brand new £20 million campus in Kettering in April 2008 and in February 2010 work began on its brand new £36 million campus in Corby at Oakley Road. Tresham is a partner college of University of Bedfordshire and University of Northampton and offers a range of professional and degree level courses. |
 | Pauley & Co. Limited Part of the Brakes Group, Pauleys is one of the UK’s leading specialist fresh produce companies with 80 years experience supplying caterers with daily fresh fruit and vegetables. Operating from its Head Office in Corby, Pauleys has been a major employer in the town since the late 1980s and now distributes nationwide daily both directly and through the Brakes network. |
 | Roquette
Serving a comprehensive range of industrial sectors, Roquette is one of the world's most advanced producers of starch and starch derivatives. It is also its leading expert in polyols, pyrogen free raw materials and dry sweeteners. Roquette has over 650 products in worldwide demand and is based is Weldon, Corby. |
 | Orchard House Foods Limited Founded in 1981, Orchard House Foods was the first business in the UK to commercialise freshly squeezed orange juice. The company remains the UK's market leader in ready-to-eat fresh fruit products, fresh fruit patisserie and drinks for leading UK retailers. Orchard House Foods employs around 900 people in five purpose-built factories and a brand new factory for Oakley Foods, all located in Corby. |
 | Pen Green Pen Green occupies two Corby locations - the Centre for Children and Families at Pen Green Lane and a Research Training and Development Base on Rockingham Road. The nationally-renowned centre for children was one of the first Early Excellence centres identified by the government. Completed in 2002, its new nursery was a winner of a ‘Highly Commended’ award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2005. |
 | RPC Containers Limited RPC Group is Europe's leading rigid plastic packaging manufacture. It has 45 operations in 12 countries and employs over 6,900 people. RPC employs more than 100 people on the Weldon Industrial Estate and is responsible for packaging for beauty and personal care products as well as food products. Popular brands such as Loyd Grossman soups and sauces and Reggae Reggae Tomato Ketchup all benefit from custom-moulded packaging developed at RPC Corby. |