ThyssenKrupp digs deep

A two year £4.0m investment programme is taking shape at the Vetchberry Steels, the coil processing division of ThyssenKrupp Materials (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp A.G. Following the relocation of a newly installed 1650 mm wide coil cut to length line which will form the nucleus of a dedicated sheet and blanks production centre for stainless steel and aluminium, the ground work is getting underway for a new 1850 mm wide coil slitting line. Adrian Palmer, Operations Manager for the business explains: "The new line, built by Georg in Germany and the UK, requires a looping pit as deep as a 3 storey block of flats is tall". Preparation involved sinking 132 concrete piles 15 metres deep to support the excavation, and around 100,000 gallons of subterranean spring water has been environmentally recycled. "It's a pity we hadn't thought of installing a bottling plant at the outset", says Palmer, "we could have introduced two new development products, instead of just aluminium!" The work to commission the new slitting line, expected to be the most efficient in the UK for stainless steel and aluminium coil production, will take 3 months, yielding significant benefits for ThyssenKrupp's existing customers and increased capacity to develop new markets, cementing Vetchberry's position as the UK's premier service centre for stainless steel and aluminium. For more information, contact Vetchberry Steels on 0121 322 2345 or visit www.vetchberrysteels.co.uk.

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