Forgemasters presses ahead with new UK contracts

Posted on 10 Jul 2013 by The Manufacturer

Engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters has produced two large steel components for one of the world’s largest screw presses in the UK.

The 315 tonne and 285 tonne castings will form the carcass of an enormous 70-tonne press for Italian engineering company Bifrangi UK’s Lincoln site. Bifrangi, which supplies forged parts to the power generation industry including engine crankshafts, is to install the screw press at its Monks Road site as part of a £50m upgrade of…

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