Sheet piling

ESC did not invent cold formed sheet piles but took what was available previously in only low-strength (very thin) sections and turned the cold formed pile into some of the largest sheet piles available.

“Obviously, the investment in hot rolled mills is huge and therefore mills cannot simply change strategies overnight – but some [other steel companies] are hedging their bets a little by having the cold formed mills as well,” says Mr Colson. “The cold formed nature allowed us to set up outside the traditional strongholds of Europe and Japan, and now others are doing likewise.”