Van Leeuwen Wheeler has completed the expansion of its Middlesbrough facility, adding an additional 40% to its warehousing space. Investment in the Middlesbrough warehouse has been ongoing since the creation of Van Leeuwen Wheeler by the merger of M/K Wheeler and Van Leeuwen Precision. With the additional space, the warehouse is now able to hold an additional 1400tns of material, an increase of 29%, with stocking locations up from 1000 to 1240. A new dedicated area has been created to handle bespoke contracts and space has also been allocated for the addition of newly introduced stainless products. Processing capacity has also been increased by the introduction of 5 new cranes and a new saw. Van Leeuwen Wheeler’s Middlesbrough-based business has been growing steadily fuelled by key markets including the construction and on and offshore gas and oil industries. With extensive ranges of bar and pipe for the hydraulic and pneumatic, mechanical engineering, special welded tube and construction markets, plus expanded ranges of stainless tubular products, the UK operation also has the support of its parent group’s three major stockholding warehouses in the Netherlands. The Middlesbrough expansion also supports the company’s Brierley Hill warehouse with additional production capacity and will facilitate regular stock movements into the West Midlands facility.
