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Layher Ltd. is announcing a major step forward in its production capability with the opening of a new hot-dip galvanising facility at its manufacturing plant in Germany. The move, says the company, reflects its commitment to ongoing investment and belief in using the most efficient and environmentally aware production processes across its manufacturing plants.

“Hot-dip galvanising has been a key feature of all of our steel products for many years,” comments Layher’s UK Managing Director Sean Pike, “because the benefits of the process in terms of minimising corrosion risk and therefore extending product life are well known. This latest investment enhances this capability and will impact directly on our market in the UK as it strengthens our ability to meet customers’ delivery requirements – especially when rapid response is required.”

The new 10,000 sq. m. facility at Layher’s Eibensbach head office has been constructed in just ten months. Featuring state of the art technology, including a computer-controlled galvanising oven and highly advanced crane handling technology, some 80,000 tonnes of steel products can now be hot-dip galvanised per year through the multi-stage process. This means that, alongside Layher’s existing facility, a total of 120,000 tonnes of steel products can now be galvanised by the company every year.

“This latest announcement reflects our ongoing production investment commitment,” continues Sean Pike. “This is also seeing aluminium and wood production being transferred to a neighbouring Layher facility in Germany which in turn is allowing the head office site to centralise and expand the production of steel components – of which the highly modern hot-dip galvanising facility is now a key part.

“As a result, we are confident that customers placing orders either via our UK head office in Letchworth, or our Scotland base in Livingston, will not only benefit from highly versatile and proven modular scaffold and protection systems but will also now gain from the most advanced and effective processing and delivery systems in the industry.

“At a time when so much of the industry is cautious with its outlook, this is an important development which we believe demonstrates Layher’s strength, position in the market and ongoing commitment to its customers,” he concludes.