Tata Steel has unveiled a £7m investment plan for its Hartlepool pipe works in northeast England, which the Indian steel giant says will reduce carbon emissions, increase capacity and cut costs to strengthen its UK operations.
The investment will go towards a new slitter, which will allow the Hartlepool plant to handle coil deliveries from the Tata Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales.All steel products produced at the plant, with nearly 300 people producing up to 200,000 tons of steel pipe per year, are 100% recyclable and the investment is expected to pay for itself in less than three years.
Andrew Ward, engineering manager at Hartlepur Tata Steel, said last week that the project will allow us to introduce an important process on site, which in turn will free up thousands of tonnes of capacity at the Port Talbot plant. .
This will increase our efficiency and reduce the overall carbon dioxide emissions of our steel processing, and reduce the overall cost of the entire business, he said.
Currently, wide steel plates are cut in Port Talbot, then rolled and sent to Hartlepool to be made into steel pipes, which are then used in a wide range of products including agricultural machinery, sports stadiums, steel frame construction and the energy sector.
The new project, which is expected to take more than a year to complete, is the second major investment announced by the Indian company in the UK this year, following plans for its site in Corby, northeast England.Tata Steel UK said the two projects will further strengthen UK operations, improve service to customers and use the latest available technology to reduce environmental emissions.
Andrew Ward added: “Most importantly, safety will be a key factor in this investment during the construction phase and when the new slitter is up and running.It will use the latest computer control technology to reduce the need for our employees to approach any hazardous operation and will be as energy efficient as possible.
The new slitting line will optimize the UK value chain for our smaller tube product range, allowing coils to flow through the chain and providing the flexibility of on-site slitting.This investment will support continuous efforts to improve customer delivery performance and responsiveness, which the Hartlepool 20 Mill team is proud of.
Britain’s Tata Steel has said its ambition is to achieve net-zero steel production by 2050 at the latest and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030.Much of the work will need to be done in South Wales, where the company’s largest operating site is.
Tata Steel said it was drawing up detailed plans for the transition to future steelmaking based on low-CO2 technologies and was about to know which would best help achieve its ambitions.
The steel giant is one of Europe’s leading steel producers, with steelworks in the Netherlands and the UK, and manufacturing plants across Europe.The company’s pipe products are widely used in the construction, machine building, energy and automotive industries.Next week, the company will attend the Wire & Tube 2022 exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, after a prolonged hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Anil Jhanji, Chief Commercial Officer of Tata Steel UK, said: “After the past few years, we are very much looking forward to the opportunity to connect with so many customers and showcase our extensive pipe portfolio in one place.
We are making significant investments to further strengthen our pipe business, and as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, I look forward to meeting all of our customers and showing how we can help them succeed in the market, added Tony Waite, Director, Tata Steel Sales Tube and Engineering.
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