# Union Electric Steel UK Limited (00162966)

> Why UK company 00162966 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/00162966

- **Status:** In administration
- **Administration began:** 2025-10-14
- **Administrators:** Anthony John Wright, Shaun Hudson, Allan David Kelly
- **Administrators' firm:** FRP Advisory
- **Formerly:** Davy Roll Company Limited (The)
- **Incorporated:** 1920-01-17
- **Location:** Newcastle upon Tyne
- **Industry:** 24100 Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys

## Why it went into administration

- Energy costs
- Competition / price pressure
- Sustained trading losses

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was a steel roll manufacturer supplying mills globally.

It was incorporated in 1920 as Davy Roll Company Ltd (The). It has traded from premises at East Street, Gateshed since incorporation.

In 1999 the Company was acquired by Ampco through subsidiaries. To faciltate the acquisition a newly incorporated holding company called Union Electric Steel (UK) Ltd was formed, and acquired the Company's share capital.

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00162966/filing-history/MzQ5MDM4OTkxMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00162966

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