MBEL streamlining plan axes 1,000 UK suppliers

Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd, a utility boilermaker for the power industry, plans to cut its UK supplier base by two-thirds within the next two years.
Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd, a utility boilermaker for the power industry, plans to cut its UK supplier base by two-thirds within the next two years.

David Hawkins, procurement director at MBEL, said the company is seeking to cut its 1,500 UK suppliers to fewer than 500 so-called “active” suppliers by 2001. “Reducing our supplier base will give us more global...

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