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HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER THROWS HIMSELF DOWN MOUNTAIN!

2600 meters up the French Alps Chris Roberts Blackburns Health & Safety manager took part in the Mountain Bike World Championships.

The event attracted riders from all over the world with over 500 riders taking part in this extreme sport travailing at speeds up to 60 mph down the step slopes of the mountain normally only used for Skiing.

International Mountain Bike Magazine covered the story in issue 94

BLACKBURNS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS!

COIL AND PLATE EXPANDS

Coil and Plate business expands with move to 38,000 sq ft unit on the Pensnett Estate.  The move will create 55 new manufacturing jobs at Kingswinford and give Blackburns the abilty to process aluminium, stainless steel and other metals under one roof.

Blackburns Coil Centre - Kingswinford location map

Blackburns Plate Centre - Kingswinford location map

BCP TRAFFIC HAS 12 YEAR GUARANTEE

Please email Guy Hammond for further information.

BCP TRAFFIC BECOMES THE FAVOURED ACM FOR ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS

BCP Traffic conforms to EN 12899-1:2001 Part 1 and 5, and has recently undergone accelerated salt tests, during which no de-lamination occurred confirming the products 12 year warranty.

BLACKBURNS LAUNCH EXPORT DEPT

With the growing demand from outside of the UK for marine and sign products, Blackburns have launched its Export Department and they can be contacted on export@blackburnsmetals.com

BLACKBURNS MARINE BROCHURE

Available December 2009  -  please email to request a pre-launch copy

WIDER RANGE OF OFF THE SHELF 5083 CAST BLOCK THICKNESSES NOW AVAILABLE

Blackburns Metals is pleased to announce Cast 5083 Block is now being stocked at our plate centre in the following thicknesses:

30mm, 40mm, 50mm, 60mm, 70mm, 80mm, 100mm, 120mm, 130mm, 150mm, 180mm, 200mm, 230mm, 250mm, 300mm, 350mm and 400mm.

We also stock 6082 rolled commercial plate from 3mm to 304mm, 5083 commercial rolled plate from 3mm to 152.4mm and Alumec 79 and 89 Mould tool plate and Mic 6 cast machined tooling plate.  Click Alumec 79, 89, Cast 5083 Thickness chart or 6082, Rolled 5083, Mic 6 Thickness chart for the full range of sizes available in each grade.

We offer a next day service on cut to size orders and can offer tight cutting tolerances of -0mm/+1mm on thicknesses up to 152.4mm.

If you have any requirements please contact me on one of the following:

t.  01384 282 360
f.  01384 298 227
e.  Blackburns Plate Centre