Tubular steel is on the way up

摘要

The Liberty House Group has acquired plant to make wind turbine towers, T-pylons and other large-scale tubular steel parts. The acquisition is said to be part of Liberty's so-called 'Greensteel' strategy to build a fully integrated steel and engineering business across Britain. The equipment is central to a new manufacturing centre to supply the offshore wind market and turbine casings for Tidal Lagoon Power, whose first project is a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Liberty's newly acquired steel plants at Dalzell and Clydebridge in Scotland will make the heavy-duty steel plate required for the towers. Liberty, part of the GFG Alliance, bought the steel tower production equipment that was closed down in September 2015 by Mabey Bridge Renewables in Chepstow, south Wales.