# Sheffield Forgemasters wins £5.5M offshore steel castings contract from Samsung Heavy Industries

Vulcan SFM, the offshore division of Sheffield Forgemasters, was awarded a £5.5 million contract by Samsung Heavy Industries to supply 73 steel castings for a semi-submersible oil platform for the Gulf of Mexico.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-07-04
- Where: South Korea
- Value: $7.10M (5.50M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: steel castings for offshore oil platforms
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Sheffield Forgemasters](https://endata.com/companies/18047.md)
- [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://endata.com/companies/1440.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [theengineer.co.uk](https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/advanced-manufacturing/sheffield-forgemasters-awarded-55m-for-offshore-steel-castings), 2017-07-04: "The contract is for a range of components, 20 of which are module support castings which allow the topside modules to sit on the hull of semi-submersible platform - the remaining castings are structural components within the hull."

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