CRC Evans Accelerates Global Growth Strategy with Major European Facility Investment
Posted on 05 March 2026
• CRC Evans has announced plans for a new 90,000 sq ft international Centre of Excellence in Burnley, one of the largest specialty welding, coating, and engineering hubs across its Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America (EMEAA) regions.
• The significant strategic investment in the North West of England reinforces the company’s growth ambitions as well as its response to market demand, positioning this investment as a catalyst for global expansion.
• The facility will support the welding and coating specialist’s growth across energy and diversification plans into nuclear, defence, aerospace, renewables, and critical infrastructure, establishing Burnley as a global supersite and headquarters for its Critical Infrastructure Business Stream.
• Mauro Piasere, CEO at CRC Evans, said: "This investment marks a decisive step in delivering our global growth strategy. By doubling our footprint in Burnley, we are reinforcing our leadership in specialty welding and coating while establishing a European Centre of Excellence capable of supporting the most complex
infrastructure markets worldwide."
CRC Evans, the leading welding and coating specialist for energy and infrastructure projects, has announced a major new facility investment that will drive future international growth.
The new state of the art 90,000 sq ft facility in Burnley will be one of the largest end-to-end specialty welding, coating, and engineering hubs of its kind across the EMEAA
region.
Strategically located in the North West of England, the new supersite will drive a new phase of international growth across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America.
The Centre of Excellence will position it’s EMEAA region as a central platform within the CRC Evans international operating model, as it meets demand across conventional gas markets and acceleratesdiversification into nuclear, defence, aerospace, renewables, and critical infrastructure markets. The new site will also provide a headquarters for CRC Evans’ Critical Infrastructure business stream.
Mauro Piasere, CEO at CRC Evans, said:
"This investment marks a decisive step in delivering our global growth strategy. Building
on this momentum, our new Burnley site doubles our operational footprint, strengthens our leadership in specialty welding and coating, and establishes an international Centre of Excellence equipped to support the most demanding infrastructure markets worldwide.”
“Burnley has been part of our EMEAA story since 1988. Today, it becomes a critical platform for international expansion, responding to growth in our core markets and enabling diversification into new markets such as nuclear, aerospace, defence, renewables and critical infrastructure."
By consolidating advanced manufacturing, engineering, compliance-led operations and digital systems integration within a single purpose-built environment, the facility creates a scalable platform to deliver consistent, high-integrity solutions across both legacy and emerging energy and infrastructure sectors.
The new site has been designed to meet the most demanding industry and regulatory
standards, incorporating contamination-controlled workflows and strict material segregation. These capabilities are essential in nuclear and other highly regulated environments, where supplier selection depends on proven performance, traceability,
and tightly controlled manufacturing conditions.
Steven Mackay, Managing Director for the Critical Infrastructure Division, added:
"The scale and capability of Burnley significantly strengthens our position in regulated infrastructure markets such as nuclear, defence and aerospace. These sectors demand absolute assurance around compliance, traceability, and operational control. “This investment creates the operational foundation to support sustained growth in critical infrastructure markets while providing our global clients with the highest
standards of specialty welding and coating expertise."
The facility also strengthens CRC Evans’ ability to integrate advanced welding and coating technologies with digital assurance systems, including its proprietary cloud-based Data 360 platform.
By embedding digital traceability, quality assurance and performance visibility into operational workflows, the Burnley Centre of Excellence enhances data integrity and client confidence across complex and regulated environments. The site will serve as a development and deployment hub for next-generation automation and specialty welding and coating technologies across CRC Evans’ global operations.
Backed by more than 90 years of technical expertise, CRC Evans continues to expand
its international presence in response to evolving energy and infrastructure demands. Operating in more than 100 countries, the company supports complex onshore and offshore projects worldwide, delivering high-performance specialty welding and coating
solutions across gas, renewables, nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture, aerospace,
defence, and critical infrastructure markets. As part of its long-term commitment to deep technical expertise and globally local delivery, the Burnley expansion also strengthens CRC Evans’ cross geography
investment in skills development and international workforce capability.
