Work to Start on New UK Base for Steel Firm

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Work is set to start on the construction of a new UK headquarters in South Yorkshire for a global steel business.

Italy-based Danieli & C, which has annual revenues of £3.6bn, designs, builds and installs low emission plants for the steel industry worldwide and produces quality special steels.

The company is set to build a 47,000 sq ft head office, research and distribution facility in Rotherham.

Harworth Group will develop the new Danieli headquarters at its flagship Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) site, which is already home to some of the world's biggest manufacturers including Boeing, Rolls-Royce and the UK Atomic Energy Authority.

Planning permission for the unit was granted earlier this year, as previously revealed by Insider.

The new facility will occupy a prime location within the AMP next to the McLaren Automotive Composites Technology Centre, with frontage onto the Sheffield Parkway, which connects Junction 33 of the M1 to Sheffield city centre.

The new headquarters is set to support the further growth of Danieli in the UK, featuring new laboratory facilities, and will increase its distribution capabilities five-fold.

Work will start on the project this month and will be completed before the end of 2024.

Andrew Betts, managing director at Danieli UK, said: "Our development of a new headquarters is a landmark moment for the company and a very significant signal of our future growth in the UK. Danieli has enjoyed stellar growth since it launched in the UK 25 years ago and this major investment to bring all our operations onto a single site further strengthens our ability to support our partners in the UK steel and metals recycling industry as they move towards net zero.

"We first opened a 3,000 sq ft site in the Lower Don Valley in 1999 and this move to a 47,000 sq ft headquarters on the prestigious Advanced Manufacturing Park is the latest chapter in our growth story in the UK."

Chris Davidson, regional director for Yorkshire & Central at Harworth, added: "Danieli is a world-leader in the supply of high-technology plant and equipment, so we are delighted that they have chosen the Advanced Manufacturing Park as the site of their UK headquarters and appointed Harworth to develop this facility.

"The AMP has established itself as an international centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing, with its recent designation as part of the UK Government's first Investment Zone has helped to cement this reputation further, and we continue to see very strong levels of occupier interest for space at the site."

 Courtesy: www.insidermedia.com