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CLEVELAND
NORTH EAST

& YORKSHIRE
VISIT TATA BRIDGE SITE VISIT
STEEL AND
LIBERTY MILLS

By Chris Hogg, North East &
Yorkshire Section Chair
A LUCKY FEW were able to
attend the oversubscribed visit to
the Tata Steel and Liberty Steel
pipe mills, in Hartlepool.
Both facilities offered a technical
end-to-end tour of the processes
involved in the manufacture of oil
and gas pipelines used throughout
the world.
The Tata Steel mill recently
celebrated its 50th anniversary
and, with significant investment, is
going from strength to strength.
The mill is linked to the
company’s strip products business
in Port Talbot and was kept on by On the tour
Tata while the larger 42in and
84in mills were sold to Liberty
Steel last year.
The passion and knowledge of
our hosts really came through
and made for a great
educational day. ■

By Chris Hogg, North East & manufacturers and an ageing workforce.
Yorkshire Section Chair The strategies Cleveland Bridge
have in place bode well for the future,
A SMALL CONTINGENT from the with quality being paramount and an
North East and Yorkshire Section was increasing number of apprenticeships
fortunate enough to receive a factory and graduate placements on offer.
tour and presentation from Cleveland The site is spread over 26 acres,
Bridge, in Darlington. with the equivalent of three football
The company has almost 150 years pitches under cover and has the
of heritage and has designed and built capacity to fabricate 50,000 tonnes
some of the most iconic bridges and per annum. The tour provided an
structures around the world, including end-to-end overview of the
the Tyne and Transporter bridges as manufacturing and fabrication
well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge processes involved in making some of
and Burj Al Arab. the most recognisable structures in
The team outlined some of the the world today. ■
engineering and commercial challenges
Neil Wilkinson and Chris Hogg facing the company, including increased ■ For more information, visit
competition from overseas clevelandbridge.com

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