Kiveton Park Steel is a privately owned UK steel company founded in 1922 that produces cold finished steel coil and bar products. It has a sales turnover of 40 million euros and holds major industry accreditations. The company has all production processes under one roof including finishing, heat treating, grinding and quality assurance. It produces a variety of carbon, alloy and engineering steel grades for industries such as automotive, bearings and fasteners. 52% of its products are automotive parts, 20% are bearings and fasteners, and 15% are springs. The company focuses on continuous development, strategic partnerships with suppliers, and international distribution of its products.
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Background & History
• Privately owned limited company founded in 1922
• Located near Sheffield, at the heart of the Steel and Engineering Industries
• Sales turnover 40 million €uro
• Cold finished coil and bar products in round, hexagon, square and other sections
• Full range of Carbon, Engineering and Alloy steel grades
• Diameter range 3.0 to 75 mm or equivalent cross section
• Specialists in Precision, Heat Treated, Drawn and Ground Products
• All processes under one roof including full site services team
• Hold major Industry accreditations - ISO TS 16949, AS9100, ISO14001
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Management Structure
A.W. Collington
(Managing
Director)
M. J. Lacey
(Operations
Director)
M.G.Jones
(Sales & Marketing
Director)
P. J. Harris
(Company
Secretary)
S. P. Whiteley
(Financial Director)
Chairman: A. Maycock
Deputy Chairman: G. Blatherwick
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Key Contacts
Mick Jones
Sales & Marketing Director
Bob Wildsmith
Commercial Manager
Purchasing
Jamie Webster
Purchasing Manager
Martin Slepowronski
Administration
Nigel Lockley
Product Manager – Stainless Steel
Sales & Customer Services
Sub Contract & Special Products
Sean Fitzgerald
Vic Steeple
Customer Services Manager Technical Sales Manager
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Technical Sales Engineer
Viviane Essex
Sarah Garfit
Danny Richardson
Rachel Leedell
Lewis Webb
Richard Airey
Product Development Manager
Amanda Jones
Gillian Vaughan – Logistics
B.B.S I Halmstad AB, Halmstad, Sweden
Overseas Agents
I.R.C. Gamba L.A., Dalmine, Italy
Gerhard Haertel GmbH, Meerbusch, Germany
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Special Steels Ltd, Dublin Eire
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5. Capabilities / Sub Contracting
•Kiveton Park Steel has a unique combination of facilities available all contained on one site and all of
which is available for sub contract processing of customers’ own material.
•The processes include:
•Cleaning & Coating
Wiredrawing ( up to 40mm dia in coils )
•Spinner straightening and cutting to length up to 35mm dia
•Coil to bar and bar to bar drawing up to 75mm dia
•Batch annealing
Atmosphere annealing
Hardening & Tempering Stress Relieving
•Grinding ( full dia range ) Peeling Chamfering Sawing / Cropping Special Packaging
•Non destructive surface defect testing Ultrasonic Inspection Physical / Chemical Testing
•Sub contracting enquiries are handled by our trading division Barmond International in addition to their
daily activities supplying complementary hard to source products within the global special steels
community.
•Key contacts are Richard Airey – Product Development Manager and Amanda Jones
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Quality Assurance
Kiveton Park Steel has a record of leading the field in terms of quality recognition.
The Quality Management System is based on 3rd party accreditation (copies attached) to the following
standards
• ISO TS16949
• AS/EN9100
• BS 14001
Audited approvals from international companies, including:• Black & Decker
• Delphi Diesel Systems
• Federal Mogul
• INA
• Lemforder ZF
• TRW
• Airbus UK
• British Aerospace
• Messier Dowty
• Rolls-Royce
• NSK
• Timken
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Breakdown of Products by market
Fasteners & other parts for Defence / Aerospace applications
Bearings, Precision Fasteners & other Cold Formed parts
Alloy & Engineering Grade Steel Springs for critical applications
Automotive Machined parts manufactured from Freecutting, Alloy & Special Customised Steels
Special Machined Parts in Alloy Steels
8%
5%
20%
52%
15%
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Breakdown of Products (…continued)
Bars
80%
Alloy
75%
Coils
20%
Heat Treated
95%
Carbon
25%
Export
65%
Direct
Drawn
5%
Home
35%
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Continuous Development
Recent developments include;
• HYKUT range of alloys unique to Kiveton Park Steel for critical machined parts
• Peeled Bar, 20 – 80mm dias including pre heat treated products
• Hardened & tempered bar, stress relieved and ground minimising customer machining costs
• Comprehensive range of inline & offline surface crack detection equipment for wire and bar
• Ultrasonic (internal) testing of bars for very high pressure applications
• Latest generation ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) IT system throughout company
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Raw Material
Kiveton Park Steel has developed strategic partnerships with key suppliers to satisfy the most demanding
customer supply chains
• All raw material suppliers are integrated producers, who as a minimum hold BS EN 9002 accreditation
• Suppliers are consistently appraised with regard to their delivery and quality performance
• Regular liaison ensures a proactive approach to product development and continuous improvements
• Existing supply chains to be optimised through development of new global sources
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