West Yorkshire Steel
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West Yorkshire Steel is a steel company based in Wetherby
, West Yorkshire
, England. Giving advice and supplying raw material steel specifications to users throughout the UK including universities, schools, medical industry B2B, oil and gas industry and a wide variety of other users. In 1980 the company relocated their Wetherby factory, the modern building is now an impressive imposing steel structure, this replaced a nissen hut
which had been used since 1975.
supplier in Wetherby. The company evolved to start supplying and helping advise on an extensive range of steel
. Steel
has been supplied to a diverse range of users including television programmes such as spring steel
to The Generation Game
and alloy steel to Heartbeat.
Wetherby
Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road, being mid-way between London and Edinburgh...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England. Giving advice and supplying raw material steel specifications to users throughout the UK including universities, schools, medical industry B2B, oil and gas industry and a wide variety of other users. In 1980 the company relocated their Wetherby factory, the modern building is now an impressive imposing steel structure, this replaced a nissen hut
Nissen hut
A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated steel, a variant of which was used extensively during World War II.-Description:...
which had been used since 1975.
Company history
The company started as a small independent tool steelTool steel
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to abrasion, their ability to hold a cutting edge, and/or their resistance to deformation at elevated temperatures...
supplier in Wetherby. The company evolved to start supplying and helping advise on an extensive range of steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
. Steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
has been supplied to a diverse range of users including television programmes such as spring steel
Spring steel
Spring steel is a low alloy, medium carbon steel or high carbon steel with a very high yield strength. This allows objects made of spring steel to return to their original shape despite significant bending or twisting.-Grades:...
to The Generation Game
The Generation Game
The Generation Game was a British gameshow produced by the BBC in which four teams of two competed to win prizes...
and alloy steel to Heartbeat.