HOME ABOUT THE GROUP SERVICES PRODUCTS QUALITY WEC ACADEMY NEWS VIDEOS CAREERS CONTACT Quick news: WEC expands with in house Powder Coating Services Read more WEC Group is a community centred organisation, and as such we accept projects from the local authorities every year free of charge to benefit the community. We use the opportunity not only to give back to the town, but also to help train our apprentices who get involved in community projects all year round. Learn more about our recent projects. ISO 9001:2008 CE MARKING BS/EN 1090 BSI. AS9100 POWDER COATING MTL ADVANCED COMMUNITY SPIRIT WEC Group is one of the largest Engineering and Fabrication companies in the UK. The group has been providing fabrication, laser cutting, precision machining, waterjet cutting and CCTV mounting solutions for over 30 years. Employing around 600 staff and comprising of 14 divisions operating in many different industries including Aerospace & Defence, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Mining, and Automotive, WEC Group is well placed to meet any sub-contract engineering and metalworking requirement! Thanks to ongoing investment, the WEC Group has grown substantially over the past few years and now operates from eight geographical locations in Lancashire, Merseyside and Yorkshire, with around 500,000 square foot of manufacturing floorspace. Be it laser cutting, CNC machining, waterjet cutting, plasma cutting, coded welding & fabrication, heavy engineering, robotic press braking or architectural stainless steel fabrication, the WEC Group has the engineering capacity to answer any customer needs. The WEC Group also supply products and services to the UK and European Rail Industry, such as signal structures, gantries, rolling stock metalwork, and Pedestrian Bridges. WEC are also one of the UK Leaders for CCTV Mounting Solutions and now exports CCTV Poles & Towers as far afield as the Middle and Far East. All divisions of the WEC Group benefit from extensive in-house facilities which means that dependence on external suppliers is kept to an absolute minimum, ensuring standards and lead times can be kept to WEC Group expectations. It is thanks to the wide range of facilities at WEC's disposal that the Group truly is a one-stop metalworking shop! The Group also runs its own in-house welding & Fabrication apprenticeship scheme which is the only one of its calibre in the UK and is a member of AWFTE (Association of Welding & Fabrication Training & Education). Costing the Group in excess of £100k to run annually the idea behind the scheme is to create highly skilled, loyal employees who will stay with the company long after their apprenticeship is complete. To see us in action, please take a look at our Group videos below: Tweets by @wecgroupltd 7th September, 2015 Apprentices Recreate Lowry's Matchstick Man A stunning statue created by our apprentices in tribute to LS Lowry is to become a seaside visitor attraction. Read more 16th July, 2015 WorldSkills Success for WEC Apprentices! Five of our talented apprentices are celebrating after making it through to the WorldSkills UK final. Read more 14th July, 2015 New Major Force in Offshore Industry! WEC's recent partnership with MTL has created a new major force in the Offshore and Oil & Gas sector. Read more 7th July, 2015 WEC Charity Golf Day 2015! WEC Group raised £3,000 for local Charity at its fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday 3rd July. Read more 6th July, 2015 MTL Shows Strong Signs of Recovery MTL Advanced is showing strong signs of recovery three months after a partnership deal with WEC. Read more 25th June, 2015 Apprentices Restore Church Weathervane A local Church has had a piece of its history restored thanks to our first year apprentices. Read more 1st June, 2015 Over £2m Investment in WEC Machining WEC invests in nine new, state-of-the-art machines for its machining division. Read more April 14th, 2015 Large Waterjet Cutting Capacity WEC invests £500,000 in WEC Waterjet as the division continues its rapid growth Read more March 12th, 2015 Brand New Fibre Laser Machine WEC Group recently invested in a second Fibre laser machine capable of cutting up to 3m x 1.5m Read more February 25th, 2015 WEC secures partnership deal with MTL Group WEC Group has completed a deal to bring MTL Group out of administration saving 135 jobs. Read more December 8th, 2014 WEC Group Expand with Powder Coating Services Now able to provide all services in-house, the new division makes WEC Group Ltd a truly one-stop-shop. Read more October 30th, 2014 WEC Group Ltd launch Employee Benefit Loans The WEC Group has launched Employee Benefit Loans, the first of its kind in the UK Read more WEC Group Overview WEC Group Vacancies Fabrication CNC Machining Products Services CNC Milling CNC Turning Architectural Metalwork Laser Cutting Laser Tube Cutting Waterjet Cutting Precision Machining Camera Towers Camera Poles Camera Columns Rail Signal Structures WEC Academy Contact Us Downloads WEC Group News Acquisitions Copyright WEC Group Ltd © 2015. All Rights Reserved. Registered Office: Britannia House, Junction Street, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 2RB Reg. in England No. 2141828 I VAT Reg. 176 4727 75