# British Steel invests £1M in Scunthorpe rolling mill for longer rails

British Steel invested £1 million in its rolling mills at the Scunthorpe plant to enable production of 120-meter-long rails, up from the previous maximum of 108 meters. This investment enabled the company to win the Deutsche Bahn contract.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-04-12
- Where: Scunthorpe, United Kingdom
- Value: $1.40M (1.00M GBP)
- Status: completed
- Products: railway rails
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [British Steel](https://endata.com/companies/18188.md)

## Sources

- [konstruktion-industrie.com](https://www.konstruktion-industrie.com/news/11602-british-steel-erh%C3%A4lt-den-zuschlag-f%C3%BCr-einen-gro%C3%9Fauftrag-der-deutschen-bahn), 2018-04-12: "Das Unternehmen ist nur deshalb in der Lage, einen so großen Auftrag zu fertigen, da zuvor eine Million Pfund in die Walzstraßen im Werk von Scunthorpe investiert wurde."

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