Caparo
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Caparo is a British-based company founded by Lord Paul, with business interests predominantly in the manufacture and marketing of steel, and specialist engineering products. Caparo is a global association of businesses and has operations in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, and Asia. It has 80+ locations globally and employs in excess of 10,000 people.
In the United Kingdom Caparo owns the following businesses:
- Caparo Merchant Bar - specialist manufacturer of steel merchant bar based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The company was founded in 1985 as a joint venture between Caparo Industries Plc and then British Steel (presently Tata Steel). In 1995 the company added a second fully automated rolling mill to its facilities which increased output by 100,000 tonnes of steel merchant bar per annum. Current maximum capacity is 400,000 tonnes per annum. The business manufactures steel flats, angles, rounds, squares, convex flats, beams (IPEs), channels (PFCs) and crane rail in a variety of sizes, steel grades and tolerances. Caparo Merchant Bar sells its products to customers in the United Kingdom and Europe.
- Caparo Precision Tubes
- Caparo Drawn Products
- Barton Engineering
- Hub Le Bas
- Caparo Precision Strip comprising J B & S Lees, Firth Cleveland Steel Strip and Ductile Stourbridge Cold Mills
- Caparo Wire
- Caparo Atlas Fastenings
- Caparo AP Braking
- Caparo Modular Systems
- Caparo Tube Components
- Caparo Accles & Pollock
- Caparo Dynamics
- Caparo Insulation
- Caparo Clamps
- CMT Tube Fittings
