Chinese company with a Yuan to spend does £190k deal with AMP firm

A Chinese company which set up its European base in South Yorkshire to buy from the area’s manufacturers has placing its first order at Rotherham’s Advanced Manufacturing Park.

CISDI UK, a subsidiary of China's global engineering giant CISDI, opened its £2.2million offices in Sheffield in May with the promise of spending its Yens extensively in the Sheffield City Region.

The procurement and design company has a shopping list of hi-tec, hi-spec engineering components for CISDI construction contracts around the globe.

Its first deal, for a remote strand condition monitor, a hi-tech quality control device to be used for a steel casting machine, has been struck with Sarclad Ltd on Whittle Way at the AMP.

Sarclad is a world-leading provider of technology-based products to help metal producers reduce manufacturing costs and improve product quality.

CISDI UK MD John Lester said: “We are delighted to be buying from Sarclad, a company with a vast amount of expertise in the metals industry.

“The order will be heading for China, where our parent company CISDI Group will incorporate it into a continuous casting plant it has won a contract to build for Sha Steel in Zhangjiagang, in the Jiangsu province.

“There will be further orders to come from that project and we hope to place as many as possible within the Sheffield City Region.

“CISDI UK has a further £1.3million of procurement and design orders from China to fulfil on components within our first year, particularly those made to such long tradition in the local area.”

Sarclad managing director Richard Cowlishaw said: “Having CISDI located in Sheffield provides a direct link to the huge export market in China and will benefit not only Sarclad but other manufacturers and suppliers throughout the country.

“We feel proud and honored to have received the first order issued from its new office.”