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Scottish engineering firm BiFab has been formally placed in administration.
The company announced its intention to take the step 10 days ago after failing to secure any new contracts.
BiFab, which has steel fabrication yards in Fife and the Isle of Lewis, said it had been unable to compete with yards owned or subsidised by governments in and outside the EU.
Administrators from Deloitte said no redundancies were planned at this stage .
They added that they were working with the Scottish government to attract a large engineering firm to take on the business.
BiFab was saved from administration three years ago, with the Scottish government taking a one-third stake and later bringing in a Canadian partner, JV Driver.
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