News: ABS Group plans Rotherham expansion

Alloy specialists, ABS Group, are planning to expand in Rotherham by creating a new operation in Manvers.

Based at Kilnhurst, ABS is a group of companies which began supplying primary and secondary alloys and metals, recycled packaging products, and distribution services.

The operations of the group have extended into other complimentary areas of industrial supply and the company have a big presence in the aerospace, chemical and medical sectors.

Their full analytical and processing facilities utilise the very latest technologies to effectively analyse and process high integrity complex alloy metal components.

Plans have been submitted that would allow ABS to use a 7,000 sq m former distribution facility at Adwick Park for materials analysis and storage.

The plans are part of an expansion program that would see 40 people employed in Manvers and see the retention of the Kilnhurst facility.

The group employ over 150 employees and has an annual turnover in excess of £100m, of which 70% is in the international markets.

ABS Group website

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