𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? 🤔 At our site on Brightside Lane site in Sheffield, moving our huge components is no small feat. For oversized loads, we coordinate with the Police to temporarily close major roads and escort these heavy items to the nearest port. 🚨 Take, for example, this 8-meter-long plate mill roll weighing over 120 tonnes, now en route to one of our valued global partners. 🔜 Reach out to our team today to discuss how we can meet your steel processing needs: https://lnkd.in/ev7faW6e 👈
Sheffield Forgemasters
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Sheffield, South Yorkshire 21,830 followers
Casting and Forging solutions for the World’s most complex engineering challenges.
About us
Sheffield Forgemasters can trace it's origins back to the early 1700s and through numerous famous names in the steel industry including Vickers, Firth Brown, English Steel and British Steel. The company is now a fully integrated supplier of steel castings and forgings with melt shop, forge, foundry, machine shops as well as extensive R&D and NDT services on a single site in the UK. Markets served include nuclear, defence, offshore oil and gas, power generation, steel processing and pressure vessels to name but a few. The company has produced some of the world's largest cast products up to 350 tonnes and steel forgings of up to 200 tonnes. Hundreds of years experience along with a commitment to new technology, new practices, quality and continuous R&D allows the company to produce complex castings and forgings for almost any application. The company also supplies various grades of raw materials, such as ingot and bar, for further manufacturing. Materials supplied in the UK can be delivered 'hot', where possible, to reduce heating time in furnaces.
- Website
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http://www.sheffieldforgemasters.com
External link for Sheffield Forgemasters
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1988
- Specialties
- Forging, Casting, Pattern Making, Steel, Research and Development, HY80 Steel, and Nuclear Forgings
Locations
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Brightside Lane
Sheffield, South Yorkshire S9 2RW, GB
Employees at Sheffield Forgemasters
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Laura Hooper MCIPD
People and Culture Director
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Jon Burton
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Sheffield Forgemasters
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Tauseef Ahmad
🚀 Programme Manager: Automotive, Renewables, Oil & Gas. Expertise in Design, Manufacturing, Engineering, & Client Interface. Proven in efficiency…
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Richard Slack
Engineering Project Manager at Sheffield Forgemasters
Updates
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𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton, Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Director General Land Domain, visited Sheffield Forgemasters to explore our unique capabilities for gun barrel manufacture. With overall responsibility for the UK Army’s Land Domain, overseeing numerous delivery programmes for UK Armed Forces - covering Land Equipment, Helicopters and Weapons, Lt Gen Hamilton saw how specialist facilities could restart artillery gun barrel manufacture in the UK after 20 years. The Lt Gen was partnered by Mark Bunyan CEng MIET RPP MAPM, DE&S Head Fires Infrastructure and Manoeuvre Support, and Major Samuel Meadows, and used the visit to gain a better understanding of Sheffield Forgemasters’ existing manufacturing capability and future options that could support the Land Industrial Strategy. 👉 READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/eZR2sPzw #MadeInSheffield
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To support our contribution to the nuclear enterprise, a significant programme to recapitalise its defence-critical assets is underway here at Sheffield Forgemasters to enable the business to manufacture critical components for the UK/SSN-AUKUS submarines and other key defence programmes at an improved rate. 📸 Submarine Delivery Agency - https://lnkd.in/eaNB72Gj #MadeInBritain #SkillsForLife #MadeInSheffield
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Sheffield Forgemasters has completed two key leadership appointments as the business reshapes under its UK Ministry of Defence ownership. Craig Fisher takes on the role of Programme Director, overseeing the company’s substantial recapitalisation programme, and Ken Stevenson joins as Strategy and Transformation Director, responsible for the company’s overall business strategy. Both directors bring high levels of experience to their respective roles and will oversee significant levels of change to Sheffield Forgemasters. Read more on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/ew_rJshF
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We were delighted to host The Northern Powerhouse Partnership’s launch of its Net Zero Report this week, which sets out the economic benefits of working towards Net Zero for the North of England. The report outlines the key benefits of green energy for manufacturers across the North, including skilled jobs creation, and looks at the challenges of decarbonising industry for heavy energy users. Luminaries attending the launch included South Yorkshire Mayor, Oliver Coppard, Harry Keeling, Head of Business Development at Rolls-Royce SMR, Professor Denise Bower OBE, Director For External Engagement at Mott MacDonald, Cllr Anne Handley, Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Natalie Boswell, Regional Development Director at Lloyds Banking Group and Henri Murison, CEO at The Northern Powerhouse Partnership and Andrew McPhillips, Chief Economist at the The Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Learn more on our website: https://lnkd.in/dewKRyRG
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Sheffield Forgemasters has submitted a planning application for a landmark machining facility on brownfield land in Sheffield’s Meadowhall district. Located on a 16-acre plot at Weedon Street, the new facility will form one of the world’s most advanced large #machining facilities, to support the company’s manufacture for the UK Defence programme. With work on the site planned to start in Q4 2024, the building will cover a space equal to 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools and will contain 17 new machines, including some of the largest and most advanced five-axis Vertical Turning Lathes ever produced. Read more on our website, via the link below: https://lnkd.in/eJ3AUqtt #MadeInSheffield #SheffieldIsSuper
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It was a privilege to welcome UK Defence Minister, John Healey MP, Chief of Defence Nuclear at UK Ministry of Defence, Maddy McTernan CB and Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles MP, to Sheffield Forgemasters on Saturday, to learn about our defence-critical capabilities that will support the #AUKUS partnership. An article with the full details of the visit can be found via the following link: https://lnkd.in/ej7ibRGH The #AUKUS pact will provide secure, highly skilled jobs not only for Sheffield Forgemasters and Yorkshire, but for the wider UK supply chain, over decades. An anticipated 7,000 additional British jobs will be generated through the British and Australian #AUKUS submarine programmes through their life. At the peak, there will be over 21,000 people working on the SSN-AUKUS programmes in the UK supply chain.
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Sheffield Forgemasters operates the UK's largest open-die #Forge, capable of producing complex hollow, solid and near-net shaped forgings of up to 300 tonnes for critical environments. This photo shows a cylindrical forged component coming out of the furnace and ready to go under our 10,000-tonne hydraulic press. #MadeInSheffield
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We are proud to sponsor the ‘Show Your Metal’ exhibition at Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery, showcasing the city’s fabulous metalworking heritage. The exhibition coincides with the 400th anniversary of The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, and celebrates Sheffield’s metalworking heritage, which dates back to the 12th century. The exhibition runs until 29th September 2024 and showcases more than 100 objects drawn from Sheffield’s Designated Metalwork Collection. Show Your Metal recognises the pioneering advances that earned the 'Steel City' a global reputation. Pictured with Sheffield Museum Chief Executive Kim Streets on the second image is Ian Nicholls, Sinead Proctor, Iain (Billy) Greenhalgh and Gary Nutter at the opening night of the exhibition.
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Sheffield Forgemasters is committed to honouring and supporting the #ArmedForces Community, recognising the value of serving personnel, both regular and reservists, veterans, military families and all that contribute to our country. Ahead of #ArmedForcesDay2024, we sat down with our People & Culture Director Laura Hooper to discuss her nine-year spell with the Royal Air Force. 👇 READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/eC-9aY4M
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