Abbey Steel & Shearing Company sources and converts flat sheet steel from major UK automotive manufacturers that would otherwise be scrapped. The company specializes in blanking and pressing steel into usable parts through their Abbeysteel brand. Abbey Steel is able to reuse over 26 tonnes of steel per year that the automotive industry cannot due to defects, model changes, or strict quality standards. This reuse results in an estimated carbon footprint savings of 7.5 tonnes compared to traditional recycling or smelting.

1. The Green Branded Material Reused from British Industry

3. Blanking Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced Steel Where Abbeysteel™ Comes From Automotive Production & Other Industries (White Goods, Home Products) Steel Coils are put down blanking lines to produce panels ready for pressing

4. Steel Pressing Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced Steel Flat Panels are pressed to form the car body parts 22% Material Utilisation

5. What do Abbey Steel typically receive? Window Sunroof Door Cut-Outs Circular Cut-Outs Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced Steel Reject Body Panels

6. Reclaim and Reuse – Material Conversion Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced Steel 26 Tonnes of pure by-product that would be destined for re-smelting Sheared to Required Specifications

8. Abbey Steel DVD 2 minute DVD produced by the East of England Development Agency http://www.resourceefficiencyeast.org.uk/case-studies-video.asp?id=4.2#videoAnchoR Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced Steel