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Sheffield manufacturer hopes to forge £30m nuclear future

By Peter Marsh and Jim Pickard

Published: November 24 2008 02:00 | Last updated: November 24 2008 02:00

Ministers are close to giving the green light to a financial package of up to £30m which would enable a Sheffield manufacturer to build a giant machine vital to the construction of a new series of nuclear reactors.

The machine that Forgemasters wants to build is called an open-die press, capable of pressing down on metal with a force of about 15,000 tonnes, making it among the most powerful machines of this type ever built.

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