BURNLEY, September 25 — CRC Evans has opened a new 90,000-sq-ft specialty welding and protective coating facility in Burnley, United Kingdom, doubling the size of its local operations. The site, named the Pioneer House Centre of Excellence, combines manufacturing, engineering, specialty welding, protective coating and digital capabilities under one roof. The bottom line for investors: the expansion increases CRC Evans’ capacity to serve pipeline and offshore energy projects worldwide, and it builds on the company’s established pipeline infrastructure business.
From Burnley, CRC Evans will support projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australasia and Latin America. Its North American operations in Houston continue to serve that market.
CEO Mauro Piasere framed the opening as more than a real estate move. “This is much more than the opening of a new facility,” he said. “It is an investment in the future of CRC Evans and in our ability to support customers wherever they operate in the world.” He added that Pioneer House gives the company “the scale, technology and specialty capability to accelerate that ambition.”
Offshore capability and coating systems
For offshore applications, the facility expands CRC Evans’ capabilities in injection-molded polypropylene (IMPP), a specialized coating technology used to protect and thermally insulate pipeline field joints in high-temperature and deepwater environments. The facility also provides multi-layer epoxy and polyurethane systems, high-temperature finishes, thermal metal spray, advanced polymer coatings and intumescent fire protection. CRC Evans said the expansion will support growth in its core energy pipeline markets while providing additional capacity for renewable energy and other industrial sectors.
The company did not disclose the cost of the expansion, the number of jobs created, or a specific opening date beyond the event being reported. What to watch next: whether CRC Evans follows the Burnley build-out with further capacity announcements, and how quickly the new coating and welding lines are folded into its global project portfolio.
