Heavy fabrication since 1948
Plate, section and pipe. Profiled, formed, welded and coated in one bay on the Tyne, to EN 1090 EXC3.
Cut to 40mm
Fibre laser, high-definition plasma and oxy-fuel, nested in house from your DXF.
Coded, and audited twice a year
MIG, TIG and submerged arc to procedures qualified under ISO 15614.
80 t
Single lift capacity
24 m
Longest section handled
4,000 m²
Covered fabrication bay
EXC3
EN 1090 execution class
One bay, four processes, no subcontractors
Material lands in the yard and leaves through the paint shop. Everything between those two points happens under the same roof and the same inspection regime, which is why we can hold a date.
Profiling
Fibre laser to 25 mm, plasma to 60 mm, oxy to 200 mm. Nested from your DXF or ours.
Forming
640 t press brake at 4 m, plate rolls to 20 mm, section rolling in house.
Welding
Coded MIG, TIG and submerged arc. Procedures held to ISO 15614 and audited twice a year.
Machining
Bed mill to 6 m, horizontal borer, and a lathe that takes a 1.2 m swing.
Envelope
| Process | Max length | Max thickness | Max weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laser profiling | 6.0 m | 25 mm | 6 t sheet |
| Plasma profiling | 12.0 m | 60 mm | 18 t plate |
| Press braking | 4.0 m | 20 mm | n/a |
| Plate rolling | 3.0 m | 20 mm | n/a |
| Welded assembly | 24.0 m | — | 80 t |
| Shot blast and paint | 18.0 m | — | 40 t |
Recent work
Transition-piece internals, 14 off
15 Jun 2026Fourteen sets of secondary steel for an East Coast array, on a nine-week drumbeat.
Bridge parapets, A19 overbridge
02 Mar 2026180 m of parapet in 24 m runs, set out to 3 mm over the full length.
Hatch cover refurbishment
20 Nov 2025Six covers stripped, re-plated and re-coated in an eleven-day dry-dock window.
Process module frame, 62 t
08 Aug 2025A single-lift module frame built, trial-fitted and shipped in one piece.
Rolled shell sections, 12 mm
17 Apr 2025Forty shell cans rolled to 0.5% circularity, with no post-weld correction.
What buyers say
They quoted in a day and held the date through two design changes.
The documentation pack arrived before the steel did. That never happens.
Fourteen sets on a nine-week drumbeat, and two of them landed early.
They found the error in our drawing before they cut anything.
Send us a drawing
DXF, STEP or a photograph of a sketch. We will come back with a price and a date, usually inside two working days.