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Investment brings new opportunities to Barton 

Weir Power & Industrial’s new workshop facility at the Barton on Humber site  was officially opened in April by Steve Simone managing director Services, when customers and suppliers from all over the UK and overseas attended. .

The £1.25 million investment in the new building brings a number of benefits to the business as the workshop manager John Fillingham explained.  “As well as expanding our facilities our craneage capacity has been trebled, meaning we can accommodate much larger machinery than before.

“The workshop can handle steam turbines components up to 75Mw; opening up new opportunities and markets and we have the potential to take on larger more technically challenging projects.”

The workshop is also fully insulated, with an energy-efficient heating system and is equipped to recycle rainwater for use in its pressure washing facility.

As a result of this investment, the facility has already won an eight-year maintenance contract at an incineration plant in South East England and significant potential has been identified within local industry.

Field services manager Martin Seaton said:  “As a purpose-built facility, the new workshop will enable us to further improve the standard of service to local customers, through greater efficiency and a faster response time.  It will prove invaluable to Weir’s international business too, where we have recently been involved projects in Pakistan, Egypt, West Africa, the Philippines and the Middle East.”

Neil Mackmin, operations director for Turbomachinery added: “The new facility is a key part of our long term strategic plan to develop the business and to significantly expand our participation in the global turbomachinery business.”