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Rowan Steels acquires steel shearing specialist BIL Steels 

The owners of Rowan Steels Limited has acquired Birmingham-based BIL Steels Limited, a UK company specialising in steel shearing and stockholding to the presswork industry.  The acquisition will strengthen both businesses’ ability to offer their services to customers nationally and continue to support the UK’s manufacturing industry. BIL’s long standing relationships with their raw material suppliers will help strengthen and allow for expansion in which both efficiency gains and the right selection of material are of great importance. BIL steels offers customers sheet stock, a wide selection of slit coils alongside sheared strip and blanks. “I am really happy to welcome BIL Steels to the Rowan Family and I look forward to strengthening our products and services to even more customers. BIL’s ability to deliver high quality, problem free products are well-aligned with our ISO quality accreditation and goals to serve customers in the best way possible. Our operations will continue to be focused on high quality, price leadership and close contact with suppliers and customers” says Ron Lees, Operations Director Rowan Steels. BIL Steels was founded in 1978 by the Nicholls family in Birmingham. Although the transaction and relocation to Rowan Steels headquarters in Kidderminster, is expected to be completed by the end of February 2025. Its business as usual and both customers and suppliers will be unaffected.