Smiths metal centres is a world-class supplier of engineering material alloys & plastics into a broad range of industrial applications.
Our customers operate in a variety of sectors and often have differing purchasing requirements. We aim to offer all our customers, from the small machine shop to large multi-national corporation, a supply path that continuously provides the highest levels of service, quality and value, regardless of your operating sector.
We stock thousands of individual products and offer an extensive selection of shapes and tighter incremental sizes – it is this breadth and variety of stock which defines us as one of Europe’s leading material stockholders for engineering applications.
We adopt a refreshingly different approach to raw material stockholding, with the main focus on offering our customers service, quality and value. We combine a comprehensive stock range with bespoke back-office systems and processing services which results in a proposition which is unrivalled on the stockholder sector..
We are the only UK engineering materials stockholder to have a fully equipped UKAS Accredited Testing Laboratory which forms part of our Technical Services Department. Formed in 1998, our laboratory adds considerable value to our business in terms of the testing methods available and the unrivalled support we are able to offer our customers.
With a dedicated team of onsite metallurgists, our laboratory gives you unrivalled metallurgical support.
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