Compiled by Gordon Smith, Information Services Manager, British Steel Shotton, 1968-1997, based on information from numerous sources.
Every effort has been made to verify and ensure accuracy. It is recognised that many small-scale galvanising operations have existed but this history records those that have had a major impact on the coatings industry.
Principle sources of Information
- British Iron and Steel, Warren;
- 1895-1996: The Summers of Shotton, written by Brian Redhead and Sheila Gooddie, published 1987;
- A Century of Shotton Steel, written by Gordon Smith, published 1996;
- Steel News, the in-house news magazine of British Steel Corporation, 1967-1991;
- Coated Products Update and Corus Colors news magazines, 1991-2006;
- Shotton Management and Staff Pensioners’ reunion newsletters, 2004-2019.
- Tata Steel Shotton Business Update July 2013;
- European Coil Coating Association’s information web site on pre-painted metals, November 2013;
- Galvanizers’ Association, UK and Republic of Ireland;
- Tata Steel Investors’ presentation April 2011;
- Tata Steel Europe Collaboration with Dyesol web site;
- Ebbw Vale Works Museum;
- The Development of Strip Coating at Shotton Works, article by Alan J .Morris, published 2012 in book titled “Ribbon of Fire”, by Jonathan Aylen & Ruggero Ranieri;
- Former British Steel managers, Shotton, Ebbw Vale, Port Talbot, Llanwern, Bryngwyn, Newton Aycliffe works;
- Cooper Coated Coil web site.
Preface
1742-1902