TATA Steel has installed a new £1.2 million steel roof at its service and distribution centre in Lisburn using the company’s own high-specification roofing products.
The move ensures that steel destined for the Irish markets can be stored and processed in the optimum conditions before delivery.
And it coincides with the company replacing its fleet of delivery trucks with nine new more fuel-efficient tractor units and trailers as it seeks to secure an uninterrupted supply of material to customers in key Irish markets.
Michael Kelly, Tata Steel’s head of heavy gauge decoiling and Ireland, said: “We value our customers across Northern Ireland and the Republic, and this investment will allow us to better serve them for years to come.
“Brexit presented some challenges which we have overcome as part of our commitment to these important markets.”
Tata Steel’s Lisburn service centre provides a wide product and service offering, covering the full range of Tata flat products which are used in everything from earth moving and agricultural equipment to construction.
In-house coil slitting, decoiling and blanking provide a wide processing capability to meet customer requirements locally from an extensive stock range.
This combination of local processing capability and extensive stock range provides a flexible and responsive service to its customers.
The majority of steel products sold from the Lisburn centre are manufactured by Tata Steel at its UK-based plants.
The new roof was installed by Industrial Roofing Scotland.
Tata is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes.
In the year to last March the group recorded a consolidated turnover of $21.06 billion (£15.6 billion).
