At manufacturing sites, our policy requires the implementation of energy and environmental management systems. The latter must be certified to conform to the international standard ISO 14001. The energy management system may form part of the overall environmental management system, but must be in-line with the international standard ISO 50001 (or an approved equivalent) and is subject to internal audit by a pool of energy specialists and subject to senior management review.

The importance has been recognised of taking an holistic 'total cost of ownership' approach to drive the purchase of energy efficient equipment, to the extent that specific, detailed, company policies have been developed for the high-impact technologies such as energy efficient lighting and motors. These policies empower employees to make purchasing decisions based on total lifetime impact, rather than initial cost, and their quality has been recognised by the UK Carbon Trust.

Corby Works, located in Northamptonshire in the heart of England manufactures approximately 250,000 tonnes per year of thin-wall welded tube from steel strip for use in a range of applications, including construction, lifting and excavating, and energy and power market sectors.

Hartlepool 20" Pipe Mill is located in the North East of England with an annual production capacity to produce 220,000 tonnes of tube products for the construction, engineering, and energy and power markets.

Tata Steel’s IJmuiden Works is located on the North Sea Coast of the Netherlands and produces organic and metallic coated strip products for Global markets through its basic oxygen steelmaking, thin strip caster, hot strip mill, annealing lines, cold mills and metallic/organic coating lines.

Llanwern Works is located to the East of Newport in South Wales and produces strip steel for UK and European markets through its pickle line and cold mill. Galvanised coating can also be applied through the site’s Zodiac line.

Port Talbot integrated iron and steel works is situated next to Margam Moors, with Port Talbot Docks bordering the site to the north with the town of Port Talbot, motorway, the main line railway and the PDR forming the eastern boundary.

To the southwest of the site is Swansea Bay and Margam Sands. Liquid steel production from two steel converters at full capacity is approximately 5 million tonnes per annum.

Shotton Works is located in Deeside, North Wales, and manufactures approximately 500,000 tonnes of metallic coated and pre-finished steel per year for building envelope, domestic and consumer applications.

Trostre Works is located in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, and manufactures approximately 400,000 tonnes per annum of tin, chrome and ‘polymer’ coated steels for the packaging industries. All steel packaging material produced at Trostre is 100% recyclable.

Tata Steel Tubes Works are located in Oosterhout, Zwijndrecht and Maastricht. The manufacturing capabilities are approx 0,4 mio tonnes per year of welded tube using steel strip supplied by Tata Steel plants of Ijmuiden and Port Talbot. The Tubes are used in a range of applications, including construction, lifting and excavating, energy and power market sectors.

The Catnic business is a Tata Steel Enterprise located in Caerphilly, South Wales. In particular, the site produces steel lintels and steel profiles from steel strip predominantly supplied by Tata Steel’s Llanwern Works.