The business dates back to 1776, when George Naylor constructed a crucible steel furnace in the city. It is now owned by the UK MoD, for whom it supplies vital highly engineered components. Work on the development of the site is being delivered by McLaughlin & Harvey, Arup, Bond Bryan, Turner and Townsend, JLL, Ipsum and JBA Bentley.
With steelwork for the company鈥檚 30,000 sq m new machine shop on nearby Weedon Street at an advanced stage, the construction works are transforming the traditional manufacturing heartland of the city.
A 13,000-tonne press building is under construction on the North side of Brightside Lane, adjacent to the Midland Mainline railway, with both projects forming the backbone of a 拢1.3 billion recapitalisation programme to underpin UK defence programmes.
Gareth Barker, Chief Operating Officer, said: 鈥淲e are now at an exciting phase of our 拢1.3bn recapitalisation programme, where the physical reality of what we are delivering for the city starts to manifest.
鈥淲ith the new machine shop and forge programmes on schedule, we can expect to see framework for both buildings completed by the end of the year, with external cladding underway ahead of the winter.
鈥淭he new forge will bring a dramatic increase in capacity and capability for the manufacture of highly complex, large-scale forged components required for UK defence programmes and for civil nuclear developments.
鈥淲ith a secure future, we are in a position to deliver new levels of nuclear-grade manufacturing as we train our employees and apprentices to adopt the latest technologies and expand the parameters of what can be achieved with state-of-the-art equipment.鈥�
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