The announcement comes just a month after similar plans were announced for Llanwern steel works near Newport
Up to 40 jobs are under threat at the Tata Steel plant at Shotton as production is cut at the site.
The company has revealed that one of the two galvanising lines at the Flintshire plant will be mothballed as cheap Chinese imports and the strong pound hit the business.
It comes a month after similar plans were announced for Llanwern in South Wales.
A spokesman for Tata Steel said they have told employees that they will be reducing operating capacity in hot dipped galvanising at the business in Shotton, which employs 800.
He added: "One of our two galvanising lines will come out of production but will be retained so it can be restarted in more favourable market conditions.
“Our second galvanizing line at Shotton will be ramped-up to full-time operation.
“We continue to be in discussions with employees, their representatives and the employers of contractors and agency staff about possible implications for employment levels.
"Every effort will be made to redeploy any affected employees within the business.”
Global slowdown
They said the changes at Shotton will help them reduce costs and enable us to continue our focus on manufacturing higher-value products.
It comes as a global economic slowdown hits demand and the UK is faced with surging imports and the strong pound.
Shotton is part of Tata Steel Colors and is the company’s premier location in Europe for the production of a unique range of metallic and paint coated products for the construction and domestic appliance sectors.
Tata has several other operations on the Shotton site including units for the manufacture of composite profiled panels from organic painted steel strip.
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk
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