BlueScope unveils Bt500m plant for prefab buildings
BlueScope Lysaght (Thailand) Ltd, a unit of Australia's BlueScope Steel Limited, yesterday welcomed more than 60 customers to its soon-to-be-commissioned Bt500-million pre-engineered building (PEB) manufacturing facility in Rayong province.
The project represents the first dedicated PEB facility of its kind in Thailand and is expected to be operational by the end of this year, said company president Somkiat Pintatham. BlueScope Lysaght already operates steel roll-forming facilities in Pathum Thani, Rayong and Khon Kaen. The state-of-the-art facility will fabricate components for high-quality building solutions such as Butler pre-engineered buildings. Prefabrication and assembly means on-site erection is significantly faster and simpler than for conventional buildings. PEB buildings are suitable for factories, warehouses, showrooms, sporting facilities, aircraft hangars, schools and medical clinics. The new facility in Rayong consists of a 7,100-square-metre beam-building plant and a purlin-manufacturing plant. Conveniently located adjacent to BlueScope Steel Thailand's existing metallic coating and painting operation at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, the facility will provide an expanded product and solutions portfolio to BlueScope Lysaght's domestic customers as well as neighbouring Southeast Asian markets. In the PEB sector, BlueScope Lysaght seeks to leverage capabilities attained when the company recently acquired US-based Butler Manufacturing, a leading maker of pre-engineered buildings. "Increasingly Thai customers demand high quality, low risk and quickly constructed industrial and commercial buildings. "In the PEB sector, BlueScope Lysaght will bring to the Thai building and construction industry the latest technology and expertise for the development of pre-engineered building solutions," said Somkiat. More than 60 existing and potential PEB customers yesterday visited the plant to learn more about the innovative BlueScope Lysaght production process. The facility will become fully operational at the end of the year, employing 40 people in addition to the 600 existing BlueScope employees in Thailand. BlueScope Steel - headquartered in Australia - is an international flat-steel solutions company, with a manufacturing and marketing footprint spanning Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America.
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