Engineers grow with launch of newest group company
WEC Group, one of the largest engineering and fabrication companies in the UK, has launched a metal profiling and processing company to boost operations at its Rotherham division MTL Advanced.
DNA Metalwork is operating as a new subsidiary of MTL at its 300,000 sq ft Grange Lane facility, providing subcontract profiling and sheet metalwork services to a range of industries.
Specialising in laser, plasma, waterjet and flame cutting as well as fabrication, CNC machining, press braking, shot blasting, powder coating and wet painting, the company said that DNA Metalwork complements the group’s existing engineering divisions and improves its overall competitiveness.
The new venture will enable the company to grow its customer base and reach new markets.
Jamie Sharp, managing director of DNA Metalwork, said: “I am very excited and proud to join an organisation that has experienced such rapid growth over the last 10 years.
“DNA Metalwork is designed to give a fast response service to customers, and our initial key priority is to utilise the excellent assets that are within MTL’s Rotherham site, as well as the many other state-of-the-art facilities which are available across the group.”
The creation of DNA Metalwork means WEC Group now has 15 specialist engineering divisions working across 600,000 sq ft of manufacturing facilities in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and the West Midlands.
Following the multi-million pound acquisitions of Coventry-based HTA Group and Submarine Manufacturing & Products in May 2016, the group said it is now able to offer an extended range of services to customers including CNC punching as well as the manufacture of commercial diving equipment and hyperbaric chambers.
Over the past 12 months, WEC has invested more than £11m in machinery and workspace as well as increasing staff from 640 to almost 800.
The company forecasts a £75m turnover for this year.
