Rotherham Engineering Steels
of Aldwarke Lane, Parkgate, Rotherham
Formerly part of the Special Steels Division of the British Steel Corporation and one of the largest producers of special bars in Europe. Included the Phoenix Special Works of Steel, Peech and Tozer
1986 Formation of United Engineering Steels Ltd., formerly operated by British Steel. It comprised Rotherham Engineering Steels, Stocksbridge Engineering Steels and others[1]
1987 Hotwork Development Ltd. received an order worth £1 million for 32 pairs of burners for the re heating of steel at Rotherham Engineering Steels, Aldwarke, - a significant milestone on its road to national and international recognition. The regenerative ceramic burners are efficient at high temperatures; each one will re-heat ...[2]
1987 Tarmac Construction, Wolverhampton, is to help lay the foundations for 21st century continuous steel casting at Rotherham Engineering Steels.[3]
With the installation of a continuous casting machine there was something of a revival in the fortunes of the works.
1988 Rotherham Engineering Steels, a Division of United Engineering Steels Ltd, has successfully started up the first of two continuous casting machines at its Aldwarke site by producing 125 tonnes of concast blooms[4]
1993 The giant works melted its last steel and closed.