# Sheffield Forgemasters appoints Presstrade to install 13,000-tonne forging press

Sheffield Forgemasters has appointed Presstrade Technologies GmbH to install the UK's largest open-die forging press at its Brightside Lane site in Sheffield. The 13,000-tonne press is part of a £1.3 billion recapitalisation programme.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-09-24
- Where: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Value: $1.73B (1.30B GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 13,000-tonne press
- Products: open-die forging press, heavy forgings
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Sheffield Forgemasters](https://endata.com/companies/18047.md)
- [Presstrade Technologies GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/87335.md) (supplier)
- [Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/87336.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [bdaily.co.uk](https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2025/09/24/sheffield-plant-forges-ahead-with-giant-press), 2025-09-24: "There are very few forge engineering specialists with the experience to install a press of this size, so we are delighted that Presstrade has secured the contract to build our new Heavy Forging Press."

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