{"id":19376,"date":"2015-03-04T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T15:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=19376"},"modified":"2015-03-04T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T15:58:30","slug":"new-businesses-launched-at-barrett-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/new-businesses-launched-at-barrett-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"New businesses launched at Barrett Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/barrett150305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/barrett150305.jpg\" alt=\"barrett150305\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/barrett150305.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/barrett150305-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Two new businesses have been launched by Barrett Steel, Barrett Materials Handling and Barrett Specialist Vehicles, which the company says is part of its overall growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett Steel Commercial Director Simon Berry said: \u201cWith the new businesses we can focus more clearly on individual customer needs. They will have access to a group stock of 100,000t and added value services such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Fabrication#Circular_saws\" target=\"_blank\">sawing<\/a>, tube laser cutting, flat bed laser cutting, tube manipulation, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Fabrication#Drilling_and_punching\" target=\"_blank\">drilling<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Fabrication#Shot_blasting\" target=\"_blank\">shot blasting<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Paint_coatings\" target=\"_blank\">painting<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company has created extra capacity with the addition of two new tube laser machines and a large diameter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Fabrication#Plasma_cutting\" target=\"_blank\">plasma-cutting<\/a> machine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Barrett package also includes a specialist export service and we have seen sales grow to over \u00a31.5M over the past 12 months. We can arrange materials, packing, containerisation and paperwork, making it easier for customers to concentrate on their core business,\u201d said Mr Berry.<\/p>\n<p>Despite challenging times in the industry Barrett Steel reported a near 91% increase in pre-tax profits as sales increased for the financial year to September 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new businesses have been launched by Barrett Steel, Barrett Materials Handling and Barrett Specialist Vehicles, which the company says is part of its overall growth strategy. Barrett Steel Commercial Director Simon Berry said: \u201cWith the new businesses we can focus more clearly on individual customer needs. 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