Inside Info..

In July 2004 the West Horndon plant was officially closed and most of the West Horndon employees were made redundant.

Gary Cook, one of the skilled and experienced machinists took this opportunity to set up and establish the new Special Metals Fabrication Ltd at premises based in Wickford.

The new Special Metals Fabrication was thus born and is now a thriving and successful fabrication company with the emphasis on growth.

Many of the original West Horndon employees have now joined Gary, each bringing along their unique skills, knowledge and experience to the business.

We trust that the above and other information on this site has given you an insight into our capabilities and hope we will be given the opportunity to quote against your present and future enquiries

Manufacturing heating elements

We have the capacity to manufacture a wide range of parts including heating elements to any given drawing, sample or customer requirement, using the most up to date Milling, Turning, Welding and Sheet Metal Working equipment available.

We specialize in the manufacture of components to very exacting quality standards, tight tolerance, customer specific requirements and offer a very responsive repair service.

We pride ourselves on our levels of customer care and our ‘Total Quality’ approach ensures that our customers receive their orders on time, well packed and in perfect condition.

If you would like any heating elements made to size or order then please contact us.

Open!

SMFUK are open again today.

Running like normal and back to the usual opening times.

If you have contacted us via email whilst we have been closed we will try and get back to you as soon as possible.

If you would like contact us now we are back open after the long weekend, please feel free to call us or email.

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Closed Today

So as it is Bank Holiday Monday we are closed today.

We hope you are enjoying your long weekend too, hoping that the weather is not rain!

We will be open as normal from tomorrow (Tuesday) so feel free to drop us an email or a call to discuss any questions or inquires.

Tantalum Fabricators At SMF

Tantalum is generally made from sintering the powdered ore to produce a metal with an extremely high melting point of approximately 2990°C.

It has an excellent resistance to corrosion against molten metals and liquids, is biocompatible and has very high conductivity.

Applications include; heat exchanger tubes, charge carriers, capacitors, electrodes and grounding rings, jet engine parts, missile parts and vacuum furnace parts.

Plant Machinery at SMF

We have mentioned before about our plant machinery and we would like let you know that you can view our machines by following the link below.

We have a ‘showcase‘ of images showing each machine, and you can view them by navigating left and right to compare each machine.

Machinery Showcase.

Bank Holiday Monday

We will be closed for Bank Holiday Monday.

So if you would like to contact us in regards to a quote or any work we are undertaking for you then please contact us by Friday 24th May.

Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Open

Call: 01268 820409

Email: sales@special-metals.co.uk

Other than that, enjoy your long weekend, and we hope that you get lovely sunshine!

China holds secret gold mine!

A very large gold mine has been discovered within the Tianshan Mountains of North China!

The mine was discovered in Ili Valley and is believed to have gold reserves of at least 53 tonnes, which is worth about $3.2 billion.

It is one of the largest mines within the Tianshan Mountains and has been alleged that the mine also held up to 31,200 tonnes of copper as well.

“The group and the geology bureau took five years to find the mine, the report said, and operations there are expected to start in 2015, with production capacity is expected to reach three tons annually”. Xinhua, the state news agency stated.

OPERATION ALLOY!

Police in areas of Rochdale, Bury, North Manchester, Oldham, Bolton and Salford have been undertaking raids on homes and scrapyards.

The searches were in aid of finding scrap metal that had been stolen from various other areas locally.

Supt Craig Thompson said: “Since Operation Alloy was launched more than two years ago, we have made huge inroads into tackling metal theft.

“However, despite a sharp drop in incidents of metal theft, we know there is still a culture that exists among thieves who believe they can off-load stolen metal onto scrapyards.

“Any scrapyard dealer who knowingly accepts stolen goods or pays cash for metal is propagating this cycle of criminality, creating a market for thieves for prosper, and that is exactly why we have taken this action today. If a burglar knows he can sell stolen metal to a rogue dealer, it will entice them into committing offences that can cause real hardship to businesses and victims.

“For example, if a pensioner has her boiler stolen in winter they will be unable to heat their home which could put their life in danger. We also know of businesses that have been forced to shell out hundreds of thousands of pounds to pay for repairs as a direct result of metal thieves.”

“What today is all about is targeting those rogue dealers who are suspected of lining their own pockets and making huge swathes of cash by knowingly selling stolen metal,” added Supt Thompson.

“In terms of officer numbers and the sheer scale of the investigation, this is the biggest operation ourselves and British Transport Police have run which shows our determination to tackling metal theft.”

Brockman – Fortescue Metals

Brockman Resources is seeking access to Fortescue Metal Group’s rail infrastructure based in Australia.

Brockman Australia’s chief executive Russell Tipper says “there will be spare capacity on TPI and the next phase of Pilbara development is likely to be characterised by partnerships”.

“We are encouraged by numerous statements from FMG advocating its support and provision of third party access on its TPI rail system,” Mr Tipper said.

“If this is done on a commercial and genuine basis it will greatly support junior miners and create significant infrastructure synergies in the Pilbara.”

Brockman said it would continue to pursue an alliance with Aurizon and Atlas Iron for a study to build an independent rail line in the East Pilbara.

Proposed North West Infrastructure facilities near Port Hedland would have a capacity of 50 million tonnes per annum for iron ore export from Port Hedland.

“We would need to connect the mine and the port to the TPI line with spur railway lines and run our own trains from the mine to the port and back,” Mr Tipper said.

“That would facilitate the development of Marillana.”

What We Do For You..

Delivering an unbeatable service to all of our valued customers.

We will not be beaten on price, expert workmanship or delivery times.

We aim to deliver a unique experience at Special Metals Fabrication which means our customers come back time and time again.

If you would like more information or one of our representatives to contact you then please do not hesitate to contact us on +44 (0) 1268 820409 or complete a short inquiry form by clicking here.

The SMF Quote System…

If you thought that asking for a quote was long winded and you haven’t got the time then we have made it nice and easy to do!

We have a system on our website that is quick and simple to use and we hope its a better way of gaining a quote from SMF.

If you fill in the form provided by us on our website, simply filling in your details followed by the drop down boxes of what you are looking for from us.

Once you have filled everything in, just click submit and thats it.

We will then contact you on the details you have provided.

Molybdenum Welding Needs

Are you after some molybdenum welding ?

Special Metals can assist your business with some of the following solutions associated with molybdenum welding :
Supply of molybdenum welding
Stockist of molybdenum welding
Manufacturers of molybdenum welding
Machined molybdenum welding
Fabricated molybdenum welding
Molybdenum welding Fabrication
Molybdenum welding Machining
Molybdenum welding Targets
Molybdenum welding Fabricated Products

If you would like more information or one of our representatives to contact you then please do not hesitate to contact us on +44 (0) 1268 820409 or complete a short inquiry form to the right hand side of our homepage.

Industry Solutions

Do you work within the:

Glass, Chemical, Medical, Oil, Gas, Pharmaceutical, Defence, Chemical or Electronic Industry

and require precious metals?

We can help with that!

We have the capacity to manufacture a wide range of parts to any given drawing, sample or customer requirement, using the most up to date Milling, Turning, Welding and Sheet Metal Working equipment available.

We specialize in the manufacture of components to very exacting quality standards, tight tolerance, customer specific requirements and offer a very responsive repair service. We pride ourselves on our levels of customer care and our 'Total Quality' approach ensures that our customers receive their orders on time, well packed and in perfect condition.

So if you need anything from us regarding any of our services, we are happy to help!

Just drop us an email any time of day and we will get back to you ASAP or call us within our opening hours.

Bank Holiday

So as it is Bank Holiday Monday we are closed today.

We hope you are enjoying your long weekend too, the weather in Essex is sunny sunny sunny!

We will be open as normal from tomorrow (Tuesday) so feel free to drop us an email or a call to discuss any questions or inquires.