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EuroWire – January 2012 28
News
Corporate
Landmark deal
with phone giants
Widnes, UK-based Hutchinson
Engineering is celebrating its largest
ever contract win since the firm began
32 years ago, having been awarded
a deal worth an estimated £8mn by
telecommunications giants Telefonica
UK and Vodafone.
As part of the joint project known as
Cornerstone, the two mobile phone
operators have tasked Hutchinson
Engineering with the design and
manufacture of around 60 masts per
month to meet the growing demands
of network traffic and ensure strong
coverage for both sets of customers.
Dean Drinkwater, managing director
of Hutchinson Engineering, which
operates across three sites in Widnes,
said: “We have been manufacturing
masts for the telecoms industry for
more than a decade and this latest
contract win is testament to our leading
position in the marketplace.
“Our innovative structure designs are
the most technically advanced giving
clients a wider choice of antenna and
radio options.
“We’re proud of the fact that we build
what are considered to be among the
most aesthetically pleasing telecoms
structures in the UK.”
Mr Drinkwater continued, “Indeed it
is a milestone in Hutchinson’s history
that we have secured this contract
win – worth around £8 million – as it
will also lead to job creation among
our fabricators, welders, labourers and
operatives.”
Hutchinson Engineering – UK
Fax: + 44 151 4205100
Email:
Website:
LOI Thermprocess has received from the Russian steel company NLMK a contract
for the supply of a new HPH® (high performance hydrogen) bell-type annealing
plant.
Under the contract, LOI is to supply 23 annealing bases, 12 gas-fired heating
hoods and ten cooling hoods, including all the necessary ancillary facilities for the
company’s Lipetsk plant.
Tenova LOI Italimpianti – Italy LOI Thermprocess GmbH –
Fax: +49 201 1891 321 Germany
Email: Fax: +39 02 4693026
Website : Email:
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▲ ▲ Dean Drinkwater, managing director of
Hutchinson Engineering
HPH bell-type annealing plant for NLMK