Jonathan Clemens, head of marketing, construction & infrastructure for Tata Steel's European operations, said: "Being a hot-finished welded product with added strength, Celsius® 420 offers customers big advantages through lower material costs, good weldability and improved performance because of the high degree of uniformity in wall thickness.

"Customers can reduce the weight of the material they use, which gives additional benefits in terms of reduced building infrastructure requirements. Added to this, the product has excellent sustainability credentials that come from the steel's endless recyclability, as well as its full traceability as part of the responsible sourcing attributes associated with Tata Steel's BES 6001 accreditation."

The Celsius® 420 range of circular, square, rectangular and elliptical hollow sections entered production late last year and is currently undergoing customer trials. The sections are made from strip produced at Tata Steel's plants in south Wales, which is formed into hot-finished tubes at the company's Hartlepool and Corby mills in the UK.
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