AEROSPACE workers in Barrow have a new workplace, thanks to a Bolton manufacturer.

Boldman, which supplies aluminium profile systems, played an important role in the recent refurbishment of the Astute pipe shop fabrication area at BAE Systems Marine.

Boldman, which employs 20 people at its site on Britannia Way, Bolton, designed, manufactured and installed bespoke welding cells and protected work areas in the new facility.

Each welding cell was required be able to handle loads of up to 75kgs.

Manufactured from a range of specially designed aluminium profiles and fittings, the enclosures provide total safety to operators and observers, both in and out of the cells.

The company also supplied supervisors' cabins, protective screening and a number of trolleys for transporting pipes around the production area.