Specialist Vessel Manufacturing History

Late 1800s

The Chatteris Engineering Co. Ltd. formed.

1963

Stainless Metalcraft established.

1981

Prototype fabrications for the first MRI scanners built at Chatteris.

1995

Metalcraft completed and delivered its 2000th cryostat system.

2001

Landmark contract to supply inertia tubes for the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) project for CERN.

2004

Metalcraft was purchased by Avingtrans Technology Group.

2006

Metalcraft completed and delivered the 10,000th cryostat system

2009

Metalcraft completed and delivered 40,000th vessel (pressure / vacuum / cryostat)