Sell & Parker to build $66 million Blacktown steel products factory to supply renewable energy projects

Sell & Parker, a company founded in 1966 and with a heritage in steel recycling, has been awarded a $28 million grant from the state government to support the building and operation of a new renewables manufacturing hub in Western Sydney.

According to a statement from the NSW government on Wednesday, the new site has a total budget of $66 million and will employ an estimated “143 full time workers over the lifetime of the project” (which was not given.)

The site is also predicted to “produce 46,000 tonnes of competitively priced steel” annually once up and running, as well as “780 turbine anchors for the wind sector, thousands of torque tubes, mounts and brackets for solar farms and 200 monopoles per year for transmission infrastructure.” 

The $28 million grant is through the Renewable Manufacturing Construction Ready Stream of the NSW government’s $480 million Net Zero Manufacturing Initiative.

“This facility will not only deliver the steel components needed for renewable energy projects across the state, but it will also strengthen Western Sydney’s role as a powerhouse of innovation and manufacturing,” said state energy minister Penny Sharpe (pictured.) 

According to its website, privately-held Sell & Parker was established in 1966 as Sell & Parker Metal Recycling Services, is a buyer and seller of “all grades and all quantities of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals” and has eight facilities around Australia.

The company announced a three-year deal with battery recycler Livium in April covering “recycling services for project related materials” and safe disposal of materials containing batteries.

Picture: credit nswlabor.org.au

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