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SHEFFIELD\u2019S steel sector is expected to add more than 200 jobs over the next three years after Taiwanese manufacturing company Walsin Lihwa (WL) announced a \u201cmajor\u201d investment in production plants.<\/p>\n
WL intends to open a superalloy forging facility and develop an R&D centre. It also intends to upgrade its existing Special Melted Products factory to develop speciality steel and nickel products.<\/p>\n
Sheffield, which is known as the Steel City because of its rich history of metals making, has a manufacturing sector currently valued at \u00a31.4bn and supports around 20,000 jobs in that sector.<\/p>\n
The positive news may be a turning point for the UK steel industry, which has faced significant decline in recent years. In 2024 alone, steel output shrank by 29% to 4m t<\/a>. The decrease has been attributed to the UK\u2019s transition to electric arc furnace (EAF) steel-making and competition from larger manufacturers, mainly in China, which produced 1bn t in 2024<\/a>, according to data intelligence firm S&P Global. <\/p>\n WL in Britain<\/p>\n This investment follows the WL\u2019s acquisition of Sheffield\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Limited (AML) located in Rotherham earlier this year, which specialises in producing products for the aerospace, energy and defence sectors, including engine components, nickel superalloys, and titanium.<\/p>\n Yu-Lon Chiao, chairman of WL, said: The United Kingdom possesses a vast market in aerospace, energy, and nuclear power sectors that is unparalleled by Taiwan.<\/p>\n \u201cThis investment marks a significant milestone in SMP\u2019s development and underscores Walsin Lihwa\u2019s firm determination for global expansion strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheffield steel<\/p>\n The UK\u2019s recent industrial strategy has earmarked more than \u00a3100m via the British Business Bank scheme for ten industrial zones across the country, including South Yorkshire.<\/p>\n Sheffield itself has seen a boost in its steel sector, with Sheffield Forgemasters \u2013 owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2021 \u2013 set to begin construction of a \u00a3426m steelworks that will develop parts for the nuclear industry, including components for nuclear submarines.<\/p>\n WL\u2019s investment will equip workers, expected to be paid an average annual salary of \u00a340,000, with skills in welding, melting, metallurgy, engineering and data analytics.<\/p>\n The government says the company also plans more investment in South Yorkshire and across the UK \u201cin the coming years.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHEFFIELD\u2019S steel sector is expected to add more than 200 jobs over the next three years after Taiwanese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-280538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114892521022207715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}