The Company’s Foundry Facility is based on a 14 acre single site which is close to the centre of Manchester with a gross internal area of 2,57,000 sq. ft.
It has heat treatment facilities that are designed specifically for duplex and super duplex steel castings such as the ZERON 100 range of super duplex stainless steels. The ZERON range has become the preferred material selection for many critical and severe service applications.
The Facility i ncludes a fully resourced laboratory of UKAS standard and two Magma modelling suites.
It has a fully integrated and resourced pattern shop, an underutilized pattern storage facility and a proof machine shop which is capable of further expansion.
The Foundry also has a dedicated nuclear production cell along with outline NNSA approval (CNPE).
The Business is accredited to ISO 9002 and ISO 14001:2004 by LRQA and it is also qualified to NORSOK M-650
for Cast Products.
Its ZERON IP licence is an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual licence for all cast products produced in all variants
of ZERON (whether existing or yet to be developed).
The Company is mainly catering to the requirements of the Pumps and Valves Industry in the European Markets. Clyde Union is one of the Major Customers of the Company. |