Over 200 jobs are under threat following news that US-owned gas supply fittings manufacturer Crane Building Services & Utilities plans to close its St Helens site.
The business, which supplies gas distribution fittings, pipeline equipment and valves, said it plans move its manufacturing operation elsewhere by March 2015 but wasn’t specific on the planned new location. Crane acquired the business at St Helens in 2008, which had previously been subject to a management buyout from Delta. In a statement, the company…
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