TATA STEEL AT SHOTTONSteel has been processed on the Tata Steel site at Shotton in North Wales for more than 120 years. The plant produces a wide range of galvanised and pre-fi nished (painted) steel using steel coil supplied from the integrated steelmaking site at Port Talbot.

Key facts

Sales Shotton sells 500,000 tonnes a year, more than 10% of Tata Steel UK’s sales

Employees 700

Apprentices & graduate trainees 21 apprentices and six graduate trainees

Steel supplied from Port Talbot, South Wales

Product manufacturing plants

2 x Galvanising line2 x Colorcoat® lines6 x profi ling lines, 2 x composite panel lines6 x process lines including blanking, multi-strand slitting

Care has been taken to ensure that the contents of this publication are accurate, but Tata Steel Europe Limited and its subsidiaries do not accept responsibility or liability for errors or information that is found to be misleading.

Shotton has developed a number of unique, technically advanced and high value products and services for customers. in the UK and throughout Europe (export circa 40% of our volumes) rewod

Colorcoat® products are backed by market leading guarantees of up to 40 years

Diff erentiated products make up more than 75% of Shotton’s order book. Success has been driven by innovation

The Colorcoat® lines at Shotton use 11 million litres of paint each year, enough to cover the walls of 650,000 living rooms

50+years 40%

volumeexports

Brand leading Colorcoat® painted steel produced at Shotton for more than 50 years

Colorcoat® FastPak off ers a next-day delivery service from Colorsteels

We provide products to the construction market including insulated panels, built-up systems, façades, structural roof and fl oor decking profi les

We specialise in the manufacture and processing of Colorcoat® products off ering next day service with Colorcoat® FastPak

Major construction clients include the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, IKEA, Travis Perkins, Wickes and Airbus.

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Shotton painted steel supplies Mitsubishi, Indesit and Thorn for domestic appliances

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Innovation and sustainabilityThirteen new products developed at Shotton in the past fi ve years

Colorcoat Renew SC®

An integrated solar air heating solution to provide space heating and ventilation air for any type of building whether it’s new build or retrofi t, industrial, commercial, public or residential.

Colorcoat Compass®

An innovative digital system that works alongside a specially developed colour measuring instrument to return a detailed colour scan. Almost any object can be scanned and the colour matched within seconds. Detailed information is provided on each colour to show whether there is an exact match within the standard Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® and Colorcoat Prisma® pre-fi nished steel colour ranges, as well as details on the available guarantees based on building location, application and colour. 

Tata Steel at Shotton fact sheet

Care has been taken to ensure that the contents of this publication are accurate, but Tata Steel Europe Limited and its subsidiaries do not accept responsibility or liability for errors or information that is found to be misleading.

Key dates

1896 John Summers Steel relocates to Shotton from Manchester

1939-45 Considerable contribution made to the war effort through the supply of corrugated galvanised sheet for air raid shelters

1965 First Colorcoat® pre-finished steel product produced

1967 John Summers & Sons nationalised to become part of British Steel

2009 Relocation of Building Systems to Shotton

2014 Relocation of Colorsteels to Shotton

Colorcoat® in action

Shotton’s marketsThe primary market for Shotton’s products is the construction industry. The Colorcoat® range sets the benchmark for building quality and expertise.

The ShardAll 87 floors of the Shard in London are made from steel galvanised at Shotton. The building contains nearly 1,000 tonnes of steel processed in Shotton.

IKEAIKEA uses bespoke colours on its retail stores, to match its corporate identity. Shotton has produced ‘Ikea Blue and Ikea Yellow’ for many of these stores.

StadiaShotton’s Colorcoat® painted steel products and cladding systems were used in both the roof and wall cladding at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium, as well as many other stadiums throughout the UK and Europe.

Victoria StationThe replacement roof at Victoria Station in London featured a profile in double-sided Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra®. The internal colour choice of ‘Straw’ was decided following extensive research into the concourse colour scheme to ensure that replacement colours accurately interpreted the original Victorian paints.