# Hydro Components invests £9.6M in Bedwas plant refurbishment

Hydro Components Ltd invested £9.6 million in refurbishing and reopening its manufacturing plant in Bedwas, Wales, including installation of four Mecal CNC machining centres to produce aluminium parts for electric vehicles.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-07-22
- Where: Bedwas, Wales, United Kingdom
- Value: $12.0M (9.60M GBP)
- Status: completed
- Products: aluminium body components for electric vehicles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Hydro Components Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/40802.md)
- [Addison Saws Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/40803.md) (supplier)
- [Mecal](https://endata.com/companies/41546.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [manufacturingmanagement.co.uk](https://www.manufacturingmanagement.co.uk/content/news/addison-s-superior-cncs-ramp-up-production-for-hydro-components), 2019-07-22: "Hydro Components Ltd recently invested £9.6m in the refurbishment and re-opening of their manufacturing plant based in Bedwas – Wales."
- [alcircle.com](http://www.alcircle.com/news/addison-installs-mecal-cnc-machining-centres-at-hydro-components-for-aluminium-parts-production-ramp-up-47735), 2019-08-23: "Hydro began to use a local subcontracting company operating three Mecal Kosmos machining centres which were ideal for producing the required parts"

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