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Jamestown has
the capabilities to
manufacture intricate
and complex bespoke
fabricated steelwork
Jamestown - building
for future strength
10 NSC
April 19
Process Improvements
Jamestown, at its production facility in
Portarlington, is adopting a structured
approach to increasing productivity,
increasing output and reducing costs. Since
moving to their 17-acre Portarlington site in
2015, the company has grown significantly
and throughout this period has worked
tirelessly to lay strong foundations for future
success.
According to General Manager Niall
Fortune, the issues with operating a steel
fabrication facility of this size are sometimes
hard to identify, but gradually they have
come to learn that too much space can be as
big a problem as too little space.
“Having recognised that like any other
resource, space needs to be controlled and
utilised to its best effect, we have begun a
Lean Manufacturing drive which is helping
to transform key areas of our business,” says
Mr Fortune.
Since moving to their current site,
Jamestown has added further beam
manufacturing equipment, beam profiling
capability, high speed – high accuracy
milling/drilling, and have improved their
method of transforming steel plate into
bespoke plate girders.
Enhanced Business Development
Activity
Director Fiacre Creegan says: “It has always
been our belief that without sales a business
has nothing, and to this end Jamestown is
boosting its business development team.
Jamestown is delighted that Tim Outteridge
has agreed to join its business development
team and, coupled with the existing UK and
ROI based business development expertise,
is seeking to ensure a steady stream of
profitable work to fill capacity in all sectors
of the business.”
Jamestown’s UK Business Development
Manager Mark Stewart adds: “The fantastic
factory resource in Portarlington can offer
the steel industry many different types of
product from straightforward plate girder
carcasses, to fully fabricated plate and
box girders, to complete fully finished rail
bridges and totally bespoke complex welded
structures.
“We’ve made some superb fabricated steel
products and I’m really looking forward
to working closely with Tim to ensure
Jamestown’s continued success.”
Broadening the Management Team
To meet the ever-increasing demands
of compliance, quality, scheduling, and
production forecasting and reporting, all
of which are a must in a modern fastmoving
steel facility, it is imperative that the
overall management function within any
company is adequately resourced to meet
the demands placed upon it. For this reason,
Jamestown has continually kept watch
over the management side of the business
and is quick to spot gaps as they emerge.
‘The natural tendency can be to keep the
overheads low,’ says Jamestown's compliance
The steel industry is becoming more and more competitive
and Jamestown says that in order to thrive now and in the
future, it needs to constantly improve.
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