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MTL Advanced awarded Boxer armoured steel contract by WFEL and KMW

South Yorkshire based MTL Advanced has been chosen to supply armoured steel for the production of the UK’s Boxer Armoured Vehicle Programme, under a multimillion pound, multiyear contract awarded jointly by WFEL and parent company KMW.

Image courtesy WEC Group / Copyright KMW 2021

The armoured material will be used in the Boxer vehicle hull assembly, which will be fabricated at WFEL’s specialist Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Stockport.

MTL Advanced have invested in excess of £2 million in new capital equipment to help support this project and meet increased demand.  The new investments have been spread around the various manufacturing cells of the Rotherham business, to provide an enhancement in capacity, in line with the production schedules for the UK Boxer vehicles contract.

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In a major boost to the local community, this contract award has contributed to the creation of 30 new jobs at MTL Advanced, who have also welcomed 12 new Apprentices to their Engineering & Welding Apprentice Academy during September, demonstrating MTL's on-going commitment to train the next generation of Engineers.  MTL Advanced says that investing in the next generation of talented engineers is critical to their ongoing success.

The company has also recruited an additional four young job seekers as part of the nationwide KickStart campaign and new Graduate schemes have also been brought forward, to upskill MTL's staff and provide them with further education and career progression opportunities.

MTL Advanced General Manager, Karl Stewart, said: “We are really excited to have been awarded this major contract, which will give us the opportunity to work in partnership with WFEL and KMW on such an important UK Defence project.  We look forward to engaging closely with WFEL and KMW’s engineering teams and leveraging our armour manufacturing expertise to help make this Boxer Vehicle programme a great success for the British Army.”  

Mr Stewart added: “As a company located at the heart of the Sheffield-Rotherham Advanced Manufacturing corridor, the region that was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, we are immensely proud to be able to bring such a prestigious multi-year contract to Rotherham for the benefit of our local community.”

This is the latest sub-contract to be awarded by WFEL, a key partner in the manufacture of the Boxer Armoured Vehicles for the British Army, under the $2.3 billion contract signed in November 2019 between ARTEC and the UK MoD.

MTL Advanced is a manufacturing specialist in the metal sector based in South Yorkshire. The business uses state of the art technology to supply its customers in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. The material processed annually by MTL is in the region of 25,000 tonnes and their facilities are capable of handling all sizes and types of work from carbon steel and aluminium to ballistic armoured plate and wear resistant steel.

As part of WEC Group Ltd - one of the largest engineering and fabrication companies in the UK - the organisation has manufacturing sites in Lancashire, Merseyside, Yorkshire and the West Midlands spread across 600,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing facilities.

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Recruitment
The company will be attending a KickStart recruitment event on Wednesday 12th January at the Youth Hub at Rotherham United Community Sports Trust, New York Stadium. Local individuals will be presented with the opportunity to apply to one of the newly created positions and work on exciting contracts, such as the UK Boxer Programme.

MTL Advanced will also be hosting an open evening during National Apprenticeship Week 2022 on Thursday 10th February, where local school leavers and anyone interested in starting a career in engineering will be welcome to discuss the company’s apprenticeship opportunities for September 2022.

To find out more about MTL’s current vacancies, visit: www.mtladv.com/careers

 


 

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