British Steel has opened a new £26m manufacturing plant to serve the forklift truck mast industry. The investment at British Steel’s Special Profiles business in Skinningrove, Teesside, will significantly increase throughput over the next two years. The facility includes four new CNC lathes for turning mill rolls, three automated bandsaws for cutting stock to length and a laser measurement system for process control. British Steel also says the plant incorporates one of the finest large-capacity (14 m) bed mills in the world, enabling it to meet precise customer requirements for very tight tolerances.

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