Terms and Conditions

Unless otherwise explicitly stated by WYS, all materials that include: text, tables, graphs, statistics, figures, images, graphics, drawings, audio recordings, animations, videos, media, machine readable files and computer codes (collectively ‘Materials’) contained herein or displayed or accessed on this Site is Copyrighted and the Material and copyrights thereto are either the intellectual property of, licensed by or used with the permission of WYS or one of its affiliated or associated companies or websites.

No material on this Site may be reproduced, downloaded, copied, published, modified, printed, posted, or distributed in any way, in whole or part without the written permission of WYS or for materials not owned by or licensed by WYS, the appropriate intellectual property owner.

In the event that any material contained on this site is alleged to infringe a third parties copyright, notification of such an allegation should be made directly to the Directors of WYS in writing to the company registered office: Sandbeck Industrial Estate, Wetherby, Leeds. LS22 7DN, United Kingdom. WYS will process any allegation and take appropriate action.

The User may use or browse this Site and the Materials owned by WYS for information only. Unauthorised use, reproduction, coping, publishing, modifying, printing, posting, or distribution is a violation of WYS copyright.

The User agrees to not remove, edit or otherwise alter any copyrighted Materials unless the material is explicitly marked.

The User may share or publish a valid WYS website page address or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) under the WYS domain name westyorkssteel.com

The User agrees that the Materials are for general guidance only and will not make any decisions based upon the Materials of the Site without first obtaining independent expert advice and satisfying themselves based upon this independent advice. Noting that information is for general guidance only and may not be appropriate for the Users specific application.

An offline copy of the Site and Materials has been independently date marked and placed with an independent party (‘Escrow Agent’ – UDL intellectual property attorney) in a sealed envelope with an associated delivery receipt from the Escrow Agent confirming filing date. The escrow agents holds the Materials under seal should legal prosecution and remedy be required. The date authenticated Materials can be made available to a Court as evidence of WYS origination and authorship. Periodic backups of the Site and Materials are also made and held by the Escrow Agent.

Copying and usage of WYS Materials on another website can have a detrimental effect on the search engine listing position of the WYS Site. This could result in the WYS Site being demoted to a lower search engine listing position resulting in a reduction of sales enquiries and associated loss of sales revenues. Reports of current search engine listing positions are maintained should legal prosecution be required and an infringing party will be held liable for any such losses that may be incurred by WYS and the legal (and any other reasonable costs) incurred to enforce our rights.

Materials have been marked with an embedded watermark and marked within machine readable codes, that will be transferred to a copy made from the original published Site Materials if copied. The image watermarks are not obvious to casual human observation but can be identified by an expert in the field under analysis by reviewing the original artwork. The original artwork contain an editable WYS watermark that is embedded and difficult to identify or read on the published Site Materials. Expert examination will reveal the WYS watermark that uses a faint difference in RGB colour codes to its background, that although near impossible to see with the human eye can be identified by reviewing the original producers artwork files which are not published online . HTML code used for tabulated information and web pages use unique computer codes that will be transferred if the Materials are copied.

High resolution right managed images are available to non-competitive partners, media or publishing companies on request. To request usage of right managed images please complete the request form accepting the terms of usage and high resolution images will be emailed to you on acceptance of your application.

The Site provides a colour swatch of steel hardening and tempering temperatures for general guidance based upon typical steel colours at these temperatures that may be different for a particular grade or specification. For an accurate temperature reading a calibrated temperature probe should be used to determine actual steel temperature.

It should be noted that your monitor or printer may not accurately reproduce the colours on screen and we recommend a West Yorkshire Steel printed colour swatch is used that provides more accurate colour reproduction. A colour swatch is normally supplied with each steel consignment ordered and provides a general guide to steel temperatures that should be used with a more accurate temperature sensor.

West Yorkshire Steel from time to time offer a number of promotional items while stocks last, that may be changed or removed without prior notice.  When stocks are not available the promotion item is removed from the Site and if the User places an order and claims a promotional item before it is removed from the Site an alternative item will be supplied as a replacement.

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Any advice given by WYS to any third party is given for guidance only and without liability on the part of the Company. All sales are subject to the Company’s Conditions of Sale. The extent of the Company’s liabilities to any customer is clearly set out in those Conditions; a copy of which is available on request.

All information provided on this website is indicative only and as such is not to be relied upon in place of the full specification. Any mechanical property requirements vary widely and consideration should be given to any temper, product production and product dimensions. All information is based on our present knowledge and is given in good faith. No liability will be accepted by WYS in respect of any action taken by any third party in reliance thereon. Datasheets offer no guarantee of accuracy or whether the data is up to date.

Information provided on our datasheets has been drawn from various recognised sources, including British, European and International Standards, recognised industry references (printed & online) and manufacturers’ data. No guarantee is given that the information is from the latest issue of those sources or about the accuracy of those sources. Material supplied by the Company may vary significantly from this data, but will conform to all relevant and applicable standards.

Any of the products detailed may be used for a large range of purposes and as WYS has no control over their use; WYS specifically excludes all conditions or warranties expressed or implied by statute or otherwise as to dimensions, properties and/or fitness for any particular purpose, whether expressed or implied.

For details of our conditions of sale please click here  or refer to the downloadable pdf, attached at the top of this page.