Episodes
Friday Oct 16, 2020
A monumental effort
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Executive Director HR, Tor Farquhar talks about the journey that Tata Steel’s people have been on during the pandemic, the monumental efforts that they have made, and the challenges of ‘Our New Workplace’, both from a physical and a people perspective.
Friday Oct 09, 2020
The nuts and bolts of recovery
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Construction Marketing Manager Paul White shares his experiences of dealing with the ups and downs of the pandemic for the Tata Steel’s largest market sector.
High-value, branded products have again proved their worth, but the sector is changing faster than ever—some of that as a result of the pandemic and the lifestyle changes that are resulting from it.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Not quite in top gear yet
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Sector Head Automotive Kevin Edgar tells the tale of how steel demand for the automotive supply chains fell off a cliff in March, how the sector is recovering and changing, and the challenges it still faces from the pandemic and Brexit.
Friday May 22, 2020
Paddling hard
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Tata Steel’s Head of Safety, Health & Environment Governance, Ian Russon, tells the story of how experts from across the company have helped to steer it through difficult waters over recent months, and what comes next in preparing for a new kind of normality.
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Robots and recovery
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
35% of the UK’s steel is consumed within a 30 mile radius of Tata Steel’s Distribution UK & Ireland business headquarters in Wolverhampton, from where Director Malcolm Boyles joins SteelCast. We discover that with local supply chains, high-value products, and short lead-times the business could be amongst the earliest to see some recovery.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
So Good, So Good, So Good
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
When a shift team from Port Talbot’s Cold Mill decided they wanted to show their appreciation for the NHS and frontline care workers, they never believed their version of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline would go viral. With the song and dance routine already having reached more than 600,000 people on Facebook, SteelCast chatted with some of those who made it happen.
Friday May 01, 2020
Piping hot!
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
A stagnant oil & gas sector and a stymied infrastructure building programme isn’t stopping Works Manager Andrew Ward and his team looking to a bright future with a technically-advanced operation, a driven workforce, iconic projects and loyal customers. What’s not to love about Tata Steel’s Hartlepool 20” Pipe Mill?
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Some things you can’t put a price on
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Tata Steel’s UK Director of Procurement Joanne Lane tells how her team are working night and day to keep people safe and the industry running by scouring the world for everything from fluxes to facemasks and gases to gloves; even finding time to support hospitals and care homes across the country with much-needed PPE.
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Our friends eclectic – Corby’s Tube army
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Tata Steel’s Corby Works Manager, Gary Blackman tells how the site’s workforce and community is pulling together in adversity to keep supplying tubes and hollow sections for a huge variety of end uses including emergency care units and even hospital beds.
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Foundations for the future
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Tata Steel’s Shotton site lead Bill Duckworth talks about how the lessons currently being learned around agility, flexibility and authentic communications could set the company up to perform even better once the world recovers and operates in a new kind of normal.