The equipment had all been declared surplus to requirements by a large, international provider of safety products to the nuclear power generation sector. Riley Surface World was selected to dispose of the plants due to its specialist knowledge of the global surface finishing industry. The various items have now been shipped from their original home in Birmingham, UK to their new home in Toluca, near Mexico City.
The new owner is Ecoplating SA, part of a group of eight companies that comprises the largest metal finishing organisation in Mexico. It was formed 70 years ago by Ramon Pages Snr., who is still active in the company.It has a workforce of 1550 employees and two of the companies have joint ventures
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