px Group Acquires Fairport Engineering, Materials Handling Specialists

px Group, the leading infrastructure solutions business and operator of several critical UK energy sites, can today announce that it has acquired Fairport Engineering (Fairport), the engineering and materials handling specialist based in the Northwest of England which includes Fairport Tunnelling Technologies in Sunderland. The deal, the value of which is undisclosed, brings Fairport’s materials […]

Fairport Receives International Safety Award 2020

Fairport are very proud to announce that our commitment to health, safety and wellbeing has been recognised by the British safety Council with our International safety Award 2020. As a business we continue to invest heavily in workplace health, safety and wellbeing and this is underpinned by our committed leadership, management and staff making health […]

Awards for Fairport!

During The MHEA’s recent evening dinner at the Bulkex 2019 Conference it was announced that after careful comparison and consideration of all the nominees, Fairport Engineering Ltd was awarded a hat trick of major awards. The First of the accolades was for “Project of the Year” which was awarded to Fairport for its work on […]

Quality is not an act; it is a habit {Aristotle}

On Thursday 14th November, Fairport Engineering celebrated World Quality Day 2019 at their Head Office in Adlington. The event was organised by Fairport’s Quality Manager, Ali Askari who delivered to the combined senior management team and staff a short but very interesting presentation along with a mountain of donuts!     World Quality Day 2019 […]

Safety Health and Wellbeing Workshop

Fairport Engineering Ltd.’s Health Safety & Environmental Manager Martin Burke attended a Safety Health and Wellbeing Workshop held at The Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday 15th November. The theme of the workshop was that the world of safety and health has changed dramatically with unanimous agreement that a holistic and integrated approach was needed to […]

Fairport Conditions Biomass Ash

Fairport Engineering Ltd of Adlington, Lancashire has been working on the Lynemouth power station conversion project since 2016 as the main contractor’s, SRM, specialist materials handling engineer and designer thus allowing this land-mark project to benefit from the combined strengths of both organisations. This major multi-million pound project is totally focussed on replacing the previous […]

Lynemouth : The Finished Article

Fairport Engineering Ltd of Adlington, Lancashire has been working on the Lynemouth power station conversion project, since 2016, as the main contractor’s, SRM, specialist materials handling engineer and designer thus allowing this land-mark project to benefit from the combined strengths of both organisations. This major multi-million pound project is totally focussed on replacing the previous […]

Fairport & F Ball : The Story Continues

As the premier manufacturer of flooring adhesives and floor preparation products for the contract flooring industry in the UK F. Ball and Co. Ltd moved to its current site in Cheddleton in 1989 where it first encountered Fairport Engineering Ltd during the construction of its then new manufacturing plant. A growing market share led F. […]

Saloro Approaches Production

After a year-long construction effort in 2018 the new processing facilities at Saloro’s Barruecopardo Tungsten mine, in Spain, are being brought into production during the early part of 2019. As seen above the multi-stage crushing and screening plant was the first part to be readied for testing with the main concentrator following closely behind. The […]

Starting Young At Fairport

Fairport Engineering Ltd, based in Adlington, Lancashire has been around for some 35 years and over this time has encouraged young local people to join the company and make successful carers for themselves. Fairport currently employs a total staff of over 60 people and amongst them there are a Construction Engineer, Design Engineer and Safety […]