This major contract will ultimately be used for the Crossrail project bringing a new railway line to central London.
This project has involved MTL working closely with the customer to improve the initial design to ensure all critical to quality requirements are achieved. MTL is a supplier of Category 1 safety critical parts such as bolsters, bogie frames, body shell components, and fuel tanks and is SEAP approved.
MTL has invested in excess of £8 million over the last two years to place it at the forefront of contract manufacturing in the UK. Based on a 13 hectare site with 300,000ft2 of manufacturing space, MTL is ideally placed to manage complex fabrication contracts. The facility features one of the largest laser cutting machines with automated handling system in the UK, robotic pressing and welding capabilities, extensive CNC machining capability and a state-of-the-art paint facility.
This is supported further with clean areas for carrying out assembly work. The MTL business has an extensive capability and capacity to undertake one-off and batch fabrications with accreditations to undertake the most complex work in the rail, power generation, construction and defence sectors
MTL will be exhibiting at this Railtex 2017 at the NEC Birmingham from 9-11 May on stand G45.
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