COLLEGE chiefs have addressed an international conference on their successful digital factory project.

Bishop Auckland College's £1m computer centre at Newton Aycliffe offers some of the most advanced technology in the North-East to schools and businesses.

IBM has invested £1m of equipment in the project, which opened in summer.

College principal Joanna Tait and senior ICT manager Jim Cullen outlined the project to 3,000 representatives of the world top companies at a European CATIA Forum in Berlin