Business Tuesday, September 17,2013 Argus Acomputergenerated image of whatpartofGlanLlynwill look like


Mabey Bridge expands intonew structures venture


ACHEPSTOW-based man- ufacturing firmhas launched anew business and taken on stafffrom a Newportsteel maufacturer which went into adminis- tration earlier this year with debts of £24m. Mabey Bridge Ltd, of


Chepstow, has set up Mabey Structures,which will be based at the company’s£38m facility atNewhouse Industrial Estate on the out- skirts of Chepstow,which was opened in 2011 by Charles Hendry,minister of state for energyand climate change. The new operation,which


has an initial focus on manu- facturing for stadia, health- care,and commercial sec- tors,isled by Jason Churcher,previously sales and proposals director of


By Jo Barnes 01633 777240 jba@gwent-wales.co.uk Twitter@SWABusiness


Rowecord Engineering, sup- ported by Paul Benwell (ex- Rowecord technical direc- tor), as well as engineers, estimators and technical staffalso from Rowecord. Jason Churcher,sales director of Steel Structures, said: “This is afantastic and exciting opportunity.The new business builds on Mabey Bridge’sgrowing portfolio of business sectors, which include infrastructure for road and rail, wind tur- bines towers,and interna- tional bridging. “The magnitude of the Mabey Bridge business is greater than that of


Rowecord Engineering and the advanced manufacturing facilities are outstanding. The team and Iare very excit- ed that we will be able to con- tinue delivering iconic struc- tures from Mabey Bridge.We are able to offer the same lev- els of service and support that we are used to deliver- ing, but with the benefit of the added resources available here.” Chris Droogan, managing director at Mabey Bridge, said “Initial marketrecep- tion to Mabey Structures has been extremely positive and we are confident that this new venture will add consid- erably to our overall busi- ness success. “Weare pleased to welcome Jason and the team to the Mabey Bridge family and look forward to abright and


Outlook good after perfect stormfor city


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£13m road will drive cityregeneration and ease M4 closurewoes


A£13MDUALcarriageway, which provides anew access routetoand from eastern Newport is now open. Thethree-miledualcarriage-


way, forward fundedbythe Welsh Government,completes apublic highwaylink between theA48 Newport Southern Distributor Roadand theM4 at Junction 23A at Magor. Theproject also included


thereconstruction of afurther 2.95km up to Junction 23A of theM4. Thecompleted scheme provides an improved diversion routeinthe event of any M4 closuresbetween junction 23A at Magor and Junction 24 at Coldra. The previous diversion wasmuch longer,with vehicles being routed nearlyasfar as Chepstow viaeither theM48 or A48 before beingdirected back ontothe M4. Ministerfor economy, sci-


ence andtransport, Edwin Hart, said:“Thedevelopment


of this dual carriagewaywill have apositive impact on the economy of southeastWales through improved transport links forbusiness, job crea- tion andinward investment opportunities.Itwill also improveresilience alonga busy stretchofthe M4 by pro- vidingamuchshorter diver- sion route. All of which will help to transformNewport into an evenmorevibrant and well-located placetoliveand work.” TheA4810 also opensup


access to St.Modwen’s flag- ship £1bnGlanLlyndevelop- ment,atthe former Llanwern Steelworks. Glan Llyn is oneofthe most significantregeneration pro- jectsunderway in Wales.Itis settobecome athrivingsus- tainablenew communityand businesshub forNewport, attractingfurther inward investment into thecity. Turn to page 5


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positive future that builds on their experience and skills.” Mabey Bridge is well estab- lished as aglobal playerin the manufacture of high- quality steel bridging, infra- structure,wind turbine tow- ers and heavy plated struc- tural steelwork.During recent busy periods the com- pany was also able to offer additional work opportuni- ties to skilled welders and fabricators from Rowecord Engineering. As well as the four keyman- agement team members, Mabey Structures has also taken on 12 people from the commercial/sales/support functions at Rowecord Engineering. Three Rowecord apprentices have also been taken on. Aspokesman for Mabey Turntopage 2


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