The Aerospace Service Centre opened on the 1 April 2009 and is based in Suzhou, eastern China, which is less than one hour inland from Shanghai.

The centre is used to supply the country’s growing Aerospace industry, from both existing customers setting up facilities in China and local Chinese companies rapidly expanding in the sector.

The centre has capability to stock, break bulk and process specialist Aerospace steels produced at the Stocksbridge plant. It also supplies third-party materials, particularly non-ferrous metals, as part of a comprehensive materials service package for customers in China.

The centre consists of 28,000 sq ft warehouse and offices, jobbing single cut saw and dedicated storage facilities.