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.

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The £3,500 ornament, which was stolen from a residential back garden, was recovered along with a bronze statue of Christ, around 150 memorial plaques taken from churches and crematoriums, copper cabling and £20,000 in cash.

Acting Inspector James Coomber, the operation coordinator, said: “This represents a significant find in our ongoing efforts to target metal theft.

“The majority of scrap metal dealers who are legitimate support our targeting of those acting outside of the law. Those contributing to the thriving illegal trade can expect regular operations to search, detect and arrest those profiting from it.”

Four separate operations focusing on the illegal metal trade have been carried out by the Met in the past eight months with almost 500 scrap metal businesses inspected and searched.

We enjoyed our bank holiday weekend, and we hope that you did to.

If you need to contact us then please call or drop us an email, as we are here to help.

If you tried to call us over the weekend and you were unable to reach us then please call us again or drop us an email.

If you dropped us an email over the weekend regarding work that you would like us to or are currently doing then we will return your email as soon as possible.

So from all of us we hope you have a lovely day and an enjoyable weekend.

If you need to contact us please email us and we will reply to your email when we return on Tuesday 8th May.

Thankyou

Special Metals currently carry out fabrication towards some of the following products;

• Furnace Heaters
• Furnace Units
• Glass Furnace Electrodes
• Susceptors
• Crucibles
• Screens
• Orifice Plates
• Tank Linings
• Vertical Strippers
• Pump Parts

• Discs
• Tubes
• Rivets
• Shell & Tube Heater
• Evaporation Boat / Trays
• Rod Heaters
• Special Vessels
• Valve Parts
• Venturi
• Flame Shields

• Bayonet Heaters
• Nozzles
• Electrode Tips
• Heating Elements
• Heating and Cooling Coils
• Agitators
• Spinnerettes
• Absorber Columns
• Valve Seats
• Repair Plugs

If you require any of the above then please contact us and we are happy to help.

If you do need anything from SMF or you need to speak to us then please contact us this week before Friday so that we can get back to you on Friday or when we are back in on Tuesday 8th May.

Wishing you all a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.

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We altered our theme into a grid so you can see more of the blog posts and you can also pick which one you would like to read, instead of scrolling through many blog posts.

We hope you do find it easier and enjoy  reading our posts.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a very hard, pure element with an extremely high melting point of around 2620°C, it has a high thermal conductivity and is corrosive resistant to glass and other metals.

Applications include; sintering trays and boats, charge carriers, aerospace parts, plasma spraying nozzles and electrodes, sputtering targets, furnace components, glass stirrers, and medical parts.

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For all wrought Material and Fabrication queries and requirements please do not hesitate to contact us.

Fax: 01268 280665

Email: sales@special-metals.co.uk