The Liberty House Group has purchased a plant to make wind towers, T-pylons and other large scale tubular steel fabrication. Liberty, part of the GFG Alliance, bought the steel tower production plant which was closed down in September 2015 by Mabey Bridge Renewables at Chepstow, South Wales.
The company will announce the location of its new manufacturing centre within the next few weeks. Initially the company will recruit a workforce of over 100 for the new enterprise, including engineers, welders, fabricators, assemblers, blasters and painters. This number is expected to grow significantly as the business develops. The purchased equipment makes towers up to 56 metres tall x 5 metres diameter for onshore wind installations, and Liberty has plans to upgrade the facility to make 110 metres x 10 metres towers for the offshore market.
