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Sanjeev Gupta to create 300 new jobs at former UK Tata Steel unit

Britain's Indian-origin steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta on Tuesday announced 300 new jobs and multi-million- pound investments in a steel division formerly owned by Tata Steel.

Gupta's Liberty House, the industrial and commodities group that is buying up steel assets around the world, said it plans to secure the future of five sites across the north of England and West Midlands as it formally completed its 100- million-pound acquisition of Tata Steel UK's Speciality Steels division, a deal announced earlier this year.

Besides plans to create new jobs, the move protects at least 1,700 existing jobs at three major sites at Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Brinsworth in South Yorkshire, smaller sites in Bolton, Lancashire and Wednesbury in the West Midlands and two distribution centres in China.

The acquisition will make Liberty one of the largest steel and engineering employers in the UK, with over 4,500 workers.

"The Speciality Steels business is a global leader in its field, with a highly-skilled and well-motivated workforce and we are eager to invest so it can grow and achieve its full potential. On Tuesday marks a step change for the Liberty House Group because we are taking on strategically important capacity that will drive expansion in the years ahead," Gupta said on Tuesday.

The Liberty House executive chairman, who has been on an acquisition spree in the US recently, said the UK investment is aimed at achieving his global GreenSteel vision of a sustainable future for steel production, which will facilitate investment in engineering products and reduce the supply-chain gaps in the UK, especially in automotive and aerospace sectors.

Speciality Steels produces a range of high-value steels used in the manufacture of vehicles, aircraft, industrial machinery and equipment for the oil and gas industry.

Liberty said it plans to invest up to 20 million pounds in new plant and equipment in the first year alone to boost competitiveness and secure international market leadership for the business, which is being relaunched as Liberty Speciality Steels.
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