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Tata Steel to Begin Commissioning Stocksbridge Furnaces
11/03/2011 - Trials are due to begin by the end of 2011 on new equipment at Tata Steel’s Stocksbridge steelworks in South Yorkshire in the UK following a £6.5 million investment program to increase production of aerospace steels. Engineers are currently carrying out the final installation work.
Trials are due to begin on new equipment at Tata Steel’s Stocksbridge steelworks in South Yorkshire in the UK following a £6.5 million investment program to increase production of aerospace steels.
Tata Steel has invested in two vacuum arc remelting furnaces, which are said to improve the chemical and mechanical properties of steel, and specialist testing equipment to allow the company to produce more highly technical and demanding products for the aerospace industry.
Engineers are currently carrying out the final installation work on the new equipment to enable trials to begin by the end of 2011. Both furnaces are expected to be in full production in early 2012.
The £6.5-million investment in aerospace steel production will boost output of these steels by 30% and has led to the creation of eight new jobs.
Tata Steel recently announced a further £4.5-million investment in its South Yorkshire operations, the aim of which is to improve plant reliability and energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and boost production of high-value steel products.
The European operations of Tata Steel (formerly known as Corus) comprise Europe's second-largest steel producer. With main steelmaking operations in the UK and the Netherlands, the company supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, lifting and excavating, energy and power, and other demanding markets worldwide.
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents.
