PORTASILO SECURES £800K ORDER FOR CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT SILOS

York-based engineering company Portasilo which specialises in the design and manufacture of bulk material handling systems has won a contract worth over £800k to supply 20 storage silos for four concrete batching plants currently under construction by D&C Engineers from Tamworth.

Portasilo's 60 years' experience in the design and manufacture of large storage vessels and the capacity of its purpose-built manufacturing facility in York were key factors in D&C Engineers' decision to award the contract.

D&C Engineers' managing director Geoff Chatterley, who is managing the project, required a manufacturing company to assist in keeping this project on time and that could produce the quality and documentation required to satisfy the nuclear industry.

"We are pleased to say that Portasilo has successfully fulfilled this role for us," he said.

Portasilo will design and build eight 250-tonne capacity and 12 100-tonne capacity steel storage silos for delivery in single pieces, with the final delivery scheduled for July 2015. D&C Engineers is working on a prestigious nuclear installation on the south coast of the UK. Portasilo's storage silos are associated with four concrete batching plants which will provide the concrete associated with the construction of the new power plant.

Portasilo managing director Neil Gardiner said: "A main driver in Portasilo winning this business was our capability to manufacture large quantities of silos in a relatively short period of time. We are proud to be working on what is being described as one of this country's largest construction projects, and looking forward to seeing the batching plants in action later this year."

Photo caption: Portasilo is manufacturing 20 steel storage silos for concrete batching plants being built by Tamworth-based D&C Engineers at one of the country's largest construction projects on the south coast.

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Portasilo has been delivering complex bulk material handling systems, from design and manufacture to install and commission, to customers in the international food, chemical, energy, nuclear and water sectors for 60 years. Market leading clients include Mars, Heinz, Drax, Yorkshire Water, Asian Paints and Tata Group. Portasilo's bespoke engineered products including silos, conveyors and dischargers are built by skilled specialists at the company's manufacturing facilities in York and are backed by a first class service to support customers in the field and provide planned maintenance, spares, repairs and product upgrading. Portasilo has sites in Yorkshire, UK and India. It is part of the Shepherd Group, a family-owned firm that employs around 3,200 people around the world and has an annual turnover exceeding £650 million. www.portasilo.co.uk