A CLOTHING firm has stitched up an order to supply a fellow County Durham firm with specially designed uniforms for its 1,000 employees.

Workwear Express, based in Coxhoe, near Durham City, beat off competition from several national companies to win the £100,000 order for LG Philips at its Durham plant making TV tubes.

The company will supply specially-designed garments which include fibre-free anti-static shirts manufactured to LG Philips' personal specification.

Neil Waters, head of the human resource department at LG Philips Durham, said: "I chose Workwear Express because of their knowledge, experience and competitiveness."

Andrew Ward, managing director of Workwear Express, said: "I am pleased to work with Philips and enjoyed working with the team and the challenge of a on-going project."

Workwear Express managed to deliver the order within ten weeks and the company has since had further Inquiries from Philips factories in Holland and the Czech Republic