Sale represents unique opportunity for buyers to purchase the producer of cast rolls for the global steel and aluminium industries
London, Nov. 19, 2025, the global asset experts, is offering for sale by private treaty the entire roll manufacturing facility of Union Electric Steel Limited in Gateshead, United Kingdom on behalf of the joint administrators FRP Advisory Trading Ltd.
The facility, previously known as Davy Roll Company, has been supplying cast rolls products to a worldwide market for over 150 years, producing high-quality cast rolls for hot and cold strip mills, medium-to-heavy section mills and plate mills.
The assets include but are not limited to:
- Inductotherm melting furnaces to 6-30-ton capacity and associated equipment
- Davy Roll engineering roll casting machine and chills
- Safop, Metex, Waldrich Siegen, Hoesch & Molart CNC turning, grinding, milling and drilling machines up to 100-ton capacity and 1950mm swing
- Briseco, Drayton Baumont LTM, heat treatment furnaces and Selas Rotary differential hardening furnace
- Radio controlled OET cranes up to 75-ton capacity 25m span
"This sale represents a tremendous opportunity for buyers to purchase the producer of cast rolls for the global steel and aluminium industries," said David Swift, Director, Corporate Recovery at Gordon Brothers. "The versatility and durability of Union Electric Steel's manufacturing facility make them invaluable assets in the industry. We are excited to bring these assets to market and believe they will fulfil a variety of operational needs for buyers."
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