Mike Fellows , Managing Director of Fastline Steel Services , went on to add : “ This is a very exciting move for the business and will help support growth plans that will initially take turnover from £ 15m to £ 30m over the next eighteen months .
“ There is significant interest in our core fabricated products , including steel palisade , rigid mesh , chain link , weldmesh and fabricated railing systems , with a host of new automated solutions also coming online .
“ This means we require a strategic partner we trust to deliver the galvanizing capacity and quality going forward and Corbetts really stepped up when we gave it the challenge .”
He concluded : “ It ’ s a galvanizing sector world first and , importantly , will safeguard 80 jobs and create many more in its first twelve months . There ’ s also a significant environmental benefit as we are reducing hundreds of journeys and minimising energy usage whenever we can .”
Corbetts the Galvanizers has been supplying world class hot dip galvanizing to thousands of customers across the UK and Europe for 160 years .
This process is the most effective and environmentally friendly way to protect steel from the elements and provides a long-term solution to corrosion ( rust ) and maintenance free protection in excess of 100 years .
From its purpose-built facility in Telford , it operates a number of galvanizing baths that give it the opportunity to process in excess of 50,000 tonnes every year and the ability to double dip material up to a length of 14 metres .
For further information , please visit www . wcorbett . co . uk or www . fastlinesteel . co . uk
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