Burry Port firm feels the benefit of massive Tata Steel investment

A Burry Port firm will feel the immediate benefit of Tata Steel’s pledge to invest a massive £800 million in Wales over the next five years.

The first keystone in that investment is the £185m to be spent on rebuilding the No 4 blast furnace at Tata Steel’s huge Port Talbot plant.

And the small specialist Amcanu firm in Burry Port will gain spin-off business from that development.

“We are delighted to say we are already involved in the No4 blast furnace project,” said Owain Davies, managing director at the specialist tailored sheet metal solutions firm.

“We are quite a small fish in this particular pond, but it just goes to show that the ripples from massive investment projects like the one planned by Tata Steel can reach a long way.

“As a South Wales business we are delighted to see Tata Steel making such a huge commitment to the future of their industry in Wales.

“It can only be good news for other businesses as they feel the ripple effect of such welcome investment.”

Mr Davies said the team at Amcanu were very excited to play their part in the rebuild of No4 blast furnace.

“In total, we will be supplying 13 pumping units, worth an estimated £200,000 to us as a business.

“Obviously, when you scale things down, the sums of money don’t seem so massive when you reach firms of our scale and size.

“But a project like this does represent great news for Amcanu, a firm which employs 26 people in Burry Port.

“We have come a long way from our early history as a general engineering contractor.

“The Amcanu business today is all about specialising in a particular niche in tailored sheet metal solutions.

“Sound-insulation is the name of the game when it comes to providing pumping equipment and our specialist solutions are put to work in quarries, mines, sewerage works and, of course, steelworks.

“Adaptability is the key to our business and we spend a lot of time on research and development. We are thinking about the solutions to problems even before we get firms coming to us with their queries. It’s our ‘in front of the market’ approach.

“Having a speciality means that we have a great market opportunity here in Burry Port and we have geared up for that with investment in people and technology to make sure that we can deliver specialist sheet metal solutions as and when they are required.

“The products for Port Talbot will be put to use as back-up pumps for the cooling system for the blast furnace. But we won’t be resting on our laurels here at Amcanu as we will be busy thinking about news and innovative products and engineering solutions for our clients.

“We relish a challenge and as a business with a great deal of heritage we care passionately about what we do, investing heavily in quality control, research and development.

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Press release issued by Robert Lloyd on behalf of Amcanu.