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A whole darn tower factory available for immediate sale

By Paul Dvorak | May 9, 2016

One plate bending machine handles material up to 3-m wide and 70-mm thick.

One plate bending machine handles material up to 3-m wide and 70-mm thick.

You might think it tough to unload a few bastard towers, such as those here. Now there is a spare factory in the UK up for sale. Most of the factory was installed in 2011 at a cost of £45 M (about $65 million) and facility closed in September 2015. The assets are in Chepstow, Wales, U.K.  Equipment includes:

  • Overhead cranes up to 63 tons and advanced materials handling
  • Plate preparation / shot blasting & finishing
  • Plate cutting and bending up to 3m x 70mm
  • Welding
  • Tower growing lines up to 40m
  • Painting
  • Plant supportGoIndustry DoveBid has details.

Filed Under: Construction, News, Towers
Tagged With: goindustry
 

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