SteelCast

Robots and recovery

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.

So Good, So Good, So Good

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.

Piping hot!

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?

Some things you can’t put a price on

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.

Our friends eclectic – Corby’s Tube army

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.

Foundations for the future

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.

Spilling the beans

Tata Steel’s Trostre Works Manager, Joe Gallacher tells how the West Wales tinplate plant is supporting the national effort, max-ing out steel production for can-makers as the nation fills its cupboards with canned food and drinks.

Calm seas don’t make skilled sailors

This morning Tim Rutter spoke to Hub Director Martin Brunnock about how the business is navigating its way through turbulent times.

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