The UK’s widest bath at Joseph Ash Telford
When it comes to looking for the perfect galvanizing service provider, bath size matters for making sure your fabrication can be properly submerged and protected from corrosion.
Joseph Ash Telford is home to the UK’s widest galvanizing bath, with a dipping capacity of two metres wide, able to dip many types of fabrication that may otherwise not be possible to dip.
Benefits of a wider galvanizing bath
There are numerous reasons why a wider galvanizing bath can be beneficial for protecting your fabrications from corrosion.
Increased capacity
A wider galvanizing bath can handle larger and more complex items, reducing the need to cut them, saving you both time and money. We can also process more of your items at once, reducing the overall turnaround time for projects, allowing us to meet tighter deadlines so you get your projects back to you or their end destination quicker.
Better coating quality
A wider bath allows the molten zinc to flow more freely over all surfaces, both internal and external, of the metal. This ensures consistency with the coating’s thickness and quality. This is particularly important for complex items, where getting complete coverage on all surfaces can be difficult.
Cost savings
By being able to process larger items in a single bath, we can save you money on energy, labour, and maintenance, helping you reduce your expenses overall.
The bath’s dipping dimensions are also 7.3 metres long and 3.1 metres deep, with a volume capacity of 5 tonnes. These dimensions make it capable of containing almost any large metal fabrication.
What gets galvanized?
Our Telford division hot dip galvanizes everything from bridge sections to large sculptures, but the focus is on providing high quality galvanizing and a reliable service for customers operating in the manufacture of electrical infrastructure, data centres, high value trailers, waste management and agricultural products.
What else do we offer at Joseph Ash Telford?
As well as hot dip galvanizing with the UK’s widest galvanizing bath, Joseph Ash Telford offers various additional services to make the galvanizing process seamless.
- Delivery and collection: The Joseph Ash Telford plant has a fleet of articulated and rigid vehicles and offer a competitive collection and delivery service in the Midlands and surrounding areas.
- Packing and bundling: Please familiarise yourself with our helpful safe deliveries guide to keep the delivery process safe for everyone.
- Highest quality standards: You can be assured of quality workmanship at Joseph Ash. All work at Telford is galvanized to BS EN ISO 1461 to ensure a consistent, reliable finish on your steel.
- Spin galvanizing: Protecting not just the larger fabrications, our specialist spin galvanizing facility can protect smaller steel such as fasteners and fixings too.
We also hold the NQA ISO 9001:2015 accreditation for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems, and ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
Contact our Telford site on 01952 290201 to see how we can help you.
The Joseph Ash Group is home to 9 UK galvanizing plants, ranging from Medway in the South to Hull in the North. Here, we shine the spotlight on our Joseph Ash Chesterfield site, one of our galvanizing plant in the Midlands and home to our longest galvanizing bath.
About Joseph Ash Chesterfield
Joseph Ash Chesterfield is located just half a mile off the M1 Junction 29 at Holmewood Industrial Estate, making it conveniently location for those arranging their own transport. We can also offer collection and delivery across the Midlands with a daily milk run service within a 50-mile radius of the plant.
Joseph Ash Chesterfield is home to our largest galvanizing bath, at over 16 metres in length and a double-dip capacity of 18m length, able to galvanize even the largest of structural steel fabrications such as support columns.
History of galvanizing in Chesterfield
Joseph Ash Chesterfield is based in Derbyshire, a region of England historically tied to the growth and development of the steel and iron industry in the 19th century.
With so much metalwork and engineering in the area, galvanizing was essential in protecting steel and iron products from rust and corrosion, extending their lifespan, and enhancing their durability.
Additional services
Outside of galvanizing, Joseph Ash Chesterfield also offers:
- Collection and delivery service: The site provides collections and deliveries throughout the Midlands and the North, and a daily milk run service within a 50-mile radius of the plant and the M1 corridor. The site’s dipping capabilities also mean we undertake work further away too, operating a fleet of seven articulated vehicles capable of carrying 28 tonnes each, plus five rigids which can also carry up to 15 tonnes. The fleet also has 48 trailers to maintain customers’ work.
- Full technical support: Providing customers with comprehensive technical support, offering guidance and assistance at every stage.
- On-site storage: With over 10 acres of available space, Joseph Ash Chesterfield offers ample on-site storage capacity, allowing customers to store materials conveniently before and after galvanizing.
- Trailer storage: Customers can take advantage of a designated area capable of accommodating up to 100 trailers, providing a secure space for transportation needs.
- Crane gantry area: The crane gantry area at Chesterfield features ramps and bays, enabling customers to load their containers and trailers efficiently and effortlessly under six external cranes.
- Fabrication pre-testing: Chesterfield includes a dedicated area where customers can assemble and pre-test their fabrications before taking them off-site for delivery to the end user.
- Truck driver facilities: Overnight and changing facilities are available for the comfort of truck drivers. Chesterfield also has a truck stop located directly opposite the plant.
- Forklift fleet: Chesterfield will soon be in the possession of the most up to date electric fleet of forklifts using an Opti Fleet computerised system. We have four 3.5 tonne and one 4.5 combi forklift trucks.
Bath size
The bath dipping size at Joseph Ash Chesterfield is 16.2m x 1.6m x 2.3m, and the team can dip 8 tonnes (or 16 tonnes by arrangement). Double dipping can also be undertaken (height and length).
The dimensions make it suitable for even the largest of steel fabrications.
Extended opening times
To help provide speedy turnarounds, the plant has extended opening hours for drop-offs and collections. Chesterfield also offers quick turnaround times (overnight and within 24 hours) by prior arrangement.
The highest standards
We’re proud to hold numerous accreditations and certifications for our work and the standards we galvanize to.
All our hot dip galvanizing is to BS EN ISO 1461 specifications. These standards help ensure a consistent, reliable coating is achieved from the process, with guidance on minimum specifications for coating thickness. We also hold the NQA ISO 9001:2015 accreditation for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems, and ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
Joseph Ash Galvanizing is home to nine strategically located galvanizing plants across the UK. Here, we shine the spotlight on Joseph Ash Bridgend, our galvanizing plant in Wales.
Joseph Ash Bridgend location
Joseph Ash Bridgend is situated on the Bridgend Industrial Estate in Mid Glamorgan and is our only galvanizing plant in Wales, making it the ideal location for companies based in Wales and the South West of England looking to protect their steel from corrosion.
The plant is conveniently located just off the M4 (junction 35), ideal for those both across the south and west of the UK, including Gwent, Herefordshire, Powys, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, and Mid & East Devon.
Thanks to its accessible location, our Bridgend site operates a daily regular milk run collection and delivery service to each of the areas named above using our own transport fleet. Our transport service is ideal for those within Bridgend’s service area looking to deliver their complex, wide or long steel fabrications to one of our sites in the Midlands, where we’re home to the UK’s widest and deepest galvanizing baths at Telford and Bilston respectively.
Galvanizing at Joseph Ash Bridgend
The team at Joseph Ash Bridgend galvanize all types of steel, specialising in gates, railings, fencing and balconies, mixed fabrications, street and outdoor furniture, and items for storage and handling. They are also specialised in working with delicate items requiring intricate care and attention such as sculptures.
Our bath dipping size at Joseph Ash Bridgend is 4.5m x 1.35m x 2.1m, and the team can dip up to 2 tonnes at any one time. Double dipping is also possible to accommodate for larger fabrications.
In addition to this, through strong interdivisional relationships, they successfully manage projects containing oversized items, with minimal impact on turnaround times.
More than galvanizing
As well as galvanizing, Joseph Ash Bridgend can provide shot blasting through an external shot-blasting subcontractor, ensuring your steel is free from rust and uneven particles. And as part of the Joseph Ash Group, Bridgend can arrange powder coating, duplex coatings, and spin galvanizing services via the other Joseph Ash Galvanizing plants.
In addition to our core services, Joseph Ash Bridgend offers:
- Collection and delivery: We understand the importance of speedy turnaround times. We can collect and deliver your steel to and from our site using our own transport fleet, saving you time on arranging this yourself.
- Full technical support: Our specialists are on hand to advise throughout your projects, offering guidance and assistance at every stage.
- Packing and bundling: We can bundle, pack, and label your steel per your requirements and can accommodate if you need items delivered to the end user or prepared for export or containerisation. Certificates of conformity can also be issued upon request, and all work is conducted following BS EN ISO 1461.
Fast turnaround times
We understand that customers often have strict deadlines to meet. To assist, Joseph Ash Bridgend has extended opening hours for drop-offs and collections and can offer overnight and 24 hour turnaround times when agreed by prior arrangement.
Quality and compliance
We’re proud to hold numerous accreditations and certifications for our work and the standards we galvanize to.
All our hot dip galvanizing is to BS EN ISO 1461 specifications. These standards help ensure a consistent, reliable coating is achieved from the process, with guidance on minimum specifications for coating thickness. We also hold the NQA ISO 9001:2015 accreditation for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems, and ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
The Bridgend team are happy to supply Certificates of Conformity for each job when required.
Contact us to learn more about our services and how we can assist you.
The Joseph Ash Group takes pride in its nine UK galvanizing plants, from Hull in the North to Medway in the South. Here, we shine the spotlight on Joseph Ash Bilston, home to the UK’s deepest galvanizing bath.
About Joseph Ash Bilston
Joseph Ash Bilston is located on Springvale Industrial and Business Park, conveniently located in Bilston, Wolverhampton just off the M6 (junction 10).
Due to the high quantity of manufacturers in the area requiring long-lasting corrosion protection, the state-of-the-art galvanizing plant was built in 1998: one of few semi-automated facilities in the UK with enclosed pre-treatment area. The plant is also home to the UK’s deepest galvanizing bath, able to dip up to 3.6m in length vertically.
Collection and delivery: No distance too far to support customers
With its collection and delivery service, the plant services clients from areas including Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Herefordshire. While these are our primary locations, no distance is too far to support our customers.
Work can also be transported to other Joseph Ash plants using our own transport fleet, saving you time on arranging this yourself.
Extended opening hours and quick turnaround times
Joseph Ash Bilston offers extended opening hours to assist customers wishing to drop work off early and collect it late. We can also provide a quick turnaround, including overnight and within 24 hours when agreed by prior arrangement. The semi automation of our galvanizing process allows us to provide a quicker turnaround through plant efficiency and a better quality finish due to the depth of our bath.
UK’s deepest galvanizing bath
Joseph Ash Bilston is home to the deepest galvanizing bath in the UK, with a total depth of 3.9m and a dipping capacity of 3.6m while still boasting 6.2m in length to cater to a wide variety of steel products to suit customer needs.
Our bath dimensions mean we are able to provide a fully vertical dip for long steel fabrications such as cable management trays, fencing, and barriers, ensuring we can process your work quicker while retaining our high standard of quality.
More than galvanizing
As well as our core services, Joseph Ash Bilston offers:
- Collection and delivery: We can collect and deliver your steel to and from our site using our own transport fleet, saving you time on arranging this yourself.
- Full technical support: Our specialists are on hand to advise throughout your projects, offering guidance and assistance at every stage.
- Packing and bundling: We can bundle, pack, and label your steel per your requirements and can accommodate if you need items delivered to the end user or prepared for export or containerisation. Certificates of conformity can also be issued upon request, and all work is conducted following BS EN ISO 1461.
Quality and accreditations
We’re proud to hold numerous accreditations and certifications for our work and the standards we galvanize to.
All our hot dip galvanizing is to BS EN ISO 1461 specifications. These standards help ensure a consistent, reliable coating is achieved from the process, with guidance on minimum specifications for coating thickness. We also hold the NQA ISO 9001:2015 accreditation for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems, and ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
Whatever your requirements, we’re here to help. Contact our Bilston team today for more information.
We’re pleased to announce the recent installation of a new galvanizing kettle at our Premier Galvanizing Hull plant.
It’s quite a logistical exercise to remove an existing kettle and replace it with a new one. Commissioning and planning the changeover takes months. And the installation – including removing/recycling existing zinc, dismantling the bath, fitting a new bath, and adding new zinc ingots – takes a whole week. The bath also had to be transported from Germany first!
The bath dimensions are the same as before: 7m length x 1.2m wide x 3.2m deep. However, it has a thicker wall than previously (now 60mm instead of 50mm).
For health and safety reasons, it’s typical to change galvanizing baths every 7-10 years as the wall thickness degrades over time, specifically in areas with a temperature difference, such as the ‘wash line’ and above the Dross protection. Structural integrity is crucial for health and safety, so even though we still had a few years left in our previous bath, we always opt for the cautionary approach.
Thanks to W. Pilling in Germany who provide all our kettles, and the following companies who helped with the installation: Projector Lifting Service, Zinco, Westech and Thermetal Metallurgical Furnace Engineers.
In October 2022, Joseph Ash Ltd acquired Widnes Galvanising, which became the ninth plant for the Group. We thought this would be a good opportunity to interview Widnes’ Commercial Manager, Gavin Jones in our latest ‘Meet the team’ article to find out a bit about him and what his plans are for the division.
Meet Gavin Jones:
Role: Commercial Manager
Branch: Widnes
Started: 2015
Favourites:
Food: Anything Asian (Thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Vietnamese etc.)
Film: Step Brothers. I have a very immature sense of humour and this is right down my street!
Pastimes: Football. I’ve always played football and used to play for Saturday and Sunday football teams, but when you get older and have kids you don’t have the time anymore. However, I still play indoor football every Wednesday evening with my mates, which remains a highlight of my week.
Can you give us some history on your career?
“I’ve been a Commercial Manager since June 2020 but have been with Joseph Ash since May 2015. I previously held the position of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Manager at the Telford branch.
“Before Joseph Ash, I worked as a salesperson for a medical equipment supplier. I travelled all over the UK but decided to find a position closer to home when my wife was pregnant with our first child.
“I lived in Telford at the time a ‘Management Trainee’ position became available at the Telford branch. After meeting with Stuart Whitehouse, Stuart Cobourne and Tracie Lockley at the interview stage, I could tell it was the kind of company I wanted to work for.”
Can you give us an overview of your day-to-day?
“In my current role as Commercial Manager at Widnes Galvanising it is my responsibility to ensure the division secures sufficient sales revenue to achieve our targets.
“My day-to-day tasks include customer analysis, prospecting, and quoting all enquiries.
“Aside from the sales side of the role, I often refer to myself as a kind of project manager as I am the link between our customers, production and transport. I also spend many days on the road visiting customers for all kinds of reasons, such as advice on their designs and discussing pricing.
“This year I am getting far more involved with the overall running of the business.”
What are your goals for the Widnes plant?
“My goal is to grow the business and increase our weekly tonnages by 20% while maintaining the excellent turnaround times and service. The quality of Joseph Ash’s galvanizing has always been first class, so I’m hopeful that new customers will see the benefit of using Widnes Galvanising going forward.”
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself.
“I’m a massive foodie and I’m always trying new recipes when cooking at home. I worked as a chef in a pub kitchen, and an Indian restaurant whilst I was at university. I haven’t ruled out the possibility of opening my own restaurant one day.”
If you’d like to get in touch with Gavin at Widnes Galvanising to discuss your hot dip galvanizing requirements, you can reach him at gavinj@josephash.co.uk.
Welcome to our A-Z of Galvanizing – everything you’ve ever wanted to know about galvanizing if you work with steel.
Pre-treating steel to ensure it is free from surface contaminants is a fundamental part of the hot dip galvanizing process, as zinc will not react to unclean metal. As part of the pre-treatment stage, steel is pickled in acid to remove mill scale and rust, producing a chemically clean surface for galvanizing.
Different bath sizes suit varied steel fabrications. No matter how large your steel, we can help. Across all Joseph Ash Group plants, we have a range of bath sizes to suit the smallest to the largest of jobs. Visit our bath dipping sizes page for more information.
A circular economy encourages materials to be made, remade and recycled. Hot dip galvanizing fits perfectly into a circular economy because it optimises the durability of steel (enabling it to be used again) and facilitates the ease of reuse. It can also be recycled if there’s no immediate need to repurpose it. Read The sustainability of galvanized steel for more detailed information.
When designing steel for construction, also design it for galvanization, as a good design will prevent any processing problems at the galvanizing plant and ensure the best steel coating possible. For design advice, talk to our Technical Team. They’d love to help. You can also download Safe Design for Hot Dip Galvanizing.
At Joseph Ash Galvanizing we are committed to preventing pollution and minimising environmental impacts. For every process of our operations, we take a proactive approach to controlling emissions and ensuring the highest protection for the environment. Follow how we do this in Our Green Future – a fun, interactive graphic showing all our service steps, from collecting steelwork from a customer to its delivery at the end destination and all our environmental processes along the way. See it on our website
Once steel has been hot dip galvanized, a small amount of surface finishing may be required to smooth, clean or condition the metal. This is known as fettling.
The Galvanizers Association provides free authoritative advice on hot dip galvanizing since 1949. Visit their website for a wealth of steel and coatings information.
Health and safety at a galvanizing plant are of the utmost importance. At Joseph Ash Galvanizing, we are committed to ensuring our plants are safe environments to work and visit.
ISO standards dictate ways of doing things, whether making a product or providing a service. They are the distilled wisdom of people with expertise in their subject matter. There are many different standards that Joseph Ash Galvanizing complies with to ensure we provide the best service and product for our customers. Examples are the Coatings Requirements of BS EN ISO 1461:2022, the Quality Management System of ISO 9001, and the Environmental Management System of ISO 14001.
A jig holds steel in place in the correct orientation throughout the galvanizing process to facilitate ease of handling.
Galvanizing baths are also known as galvanizing kettles. They are large rectangular structures made from steel plates welded together. They come in many sizes. (We have a range of sizes across the Joseph Ash Group.) Galvanizing kettles are filled with zinc, which becomes a liquid state when heated to 438-460C. Steel that needs to be galvanized is lowered into a kettle at an angle so that the zinc can coat the steel.
Steel is a tough, durable metal; it can last for decades when appropriately treated. In the UK, galvanized steel (with a typical thickness of 85 microns) can last about 85 years before it needs maintenance. The lifespan does depend on the environment, however. For example, the lifespan might be slightly less in damp coastal areas or places with high levels of Sulphur Dioxide. For more information, view the Galvanizers Association corrosion map. It’s an excellent resource for calculating the levels of corrosion in atmospheric conditions across the UK.
A micron signifies one thousandth of a milimetre. In the steel and galvanizing industry, in order to be standards compliant, >6mm thick steel requires an average coating of 85 microns. This can last for a century in many UL settings.
As stated by the Galvanizer’s Association: “It is astonishing to think that a coating, just thicker than a sheet of A4 paper, can protect a steel structure for the better part of 100 years.”
At Joseph Ash Galvanizing, we mainly galvanize large items such as lampposts and motorway barriers for our clients. What about the small steel parts that hold the bigger pieces together, though? The nuts and bolts? Yes, we galvanize those in a spin bath at our Telford plant. When nuts and bolts are used to hold parts of a bridge in place, it’s just as vital that they are rust resistant too.
Hot dip galvanizing is a chemical process, carried out by highly skilled operatives. At Joseph Ash Galvanizing, many of our valued team have been honing their skills over periods of 20, 30 and 40 years, which means your steel is in safe hands.
Powder coating is a paint mainly applied to metals to provide a harder finish than a normal paint. The paint is applied as a powder electrostatically from a spray gun and is cured in an oven under high heat to form a tough, durable skin. Powder coating paints come in many colours and can be used to create different finishes, such as textured or metallic.
Quenching is the process where steel is rapidly cooled after it has been lifted from the galvanizing bath by immersion in water and/or a dilute chromate or phosphate solution.
Steel is made from iron, which rusts when exposed to water and oxygen. Rust is the result of a chemical reaction called corrosion. To prevent rust from forming, hot dip galvanizing coats steel in zinc. The zinc reacts with oxygen and carbon dioxide to form zinc carbonate. This becomes a protective barrier, stopping water and oxygen from reaching the steel.
Small items such as nails, chains and screws need to be as rust resistant as the steel structures they support. However, they are too small to galvanize in a hot dip galvanizing bath. With spin galvanizing, small items can be placed in a perforated basket and immersed in molten zinc. Once the zinc/alloy layers form, the basket is centrifuged at high speed so that the spinning action removes the excess zinc and creates a clean profile.
Wherever you are, or wherever the end destination for your fabrications is, Joseph Ash can transport them for you using our large fleet of specially equipped lorries, including articulated, rigid, and Hi-ab craned vehicles.
The ability to collect and deliver steel is vital as we like to make life as easy as possible for customers.
Galvanizing baths protect steel against rust, enhancing its lifetime. But galvanizing baths need protection, too, so they can continue to galvanize. Non-destructive testing is used for this purpose. The testing involves ultrasounds which determine the thickness of a bath over time. If the bath becomes too thin, it could crack. Not only would this put the bath out of action for many months, but it would also be perilous for our team if molten zinc leaked onto the floor of the plant.
To achieve the best quality zinc coating, it is important to ensure that the molten zinc can flow freely over all surfaces, externally and internally. So, where there are sealed hollow sections or cavities, vent and drain holes are essential. Please download Venting Tips for Hot Dip Galvanizing.
Our galvanizing plants are self-contained – with steel going in at one end and the final product coming out at the other. This means we can control the amount of waste we produce. At Joseph Ash Galvanizing, we minimise waste by recycling it at almost every stage of our operations. For example, Zinc that oxidises on the surface of our baths is removed as ash and recycled, and waste heat is used to warm pre-treatment tanks. Any wastewater generated can also be treated and reused, with only small volumes of stable solids requiring external disposal. See our ‘Green Plan’ for further examples.
At Joseph Ash, we want to make our customers’ lives easier. We do this by providing a range of additional services which include: Collection and delivery, Additional paperwork if requested, bundling, packing and labelling of all steelwork, passivation post-galvanizing, on-site storage, full technical support, a one stop-shop service.
At Joseph Ash Galvanizing, the essential part of our process is you – our customers. We hear your requests and treat your steel according to your needs. Whether you need hot dip galvanizing at a certain level of microns, or a duplex coating with a particular colour and finish, we will help. We’ve been in business since 1857 because you have trusted and kept us here.
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is found in mineral deposits along with other base metals, such as copper and lead.
The galvanizing process coats steel in zinc, which acts as a protective barrier against water, the leading cause of rust. The zinc in a galvanizing bath is molten at 450°C. Once the steel has reached this temperature, it is ready to be lifted from the bath.
It’s not just galvanizing quality that’s important to Joseph Ash. It’s also how efficiently and safely we manage customer collections and deliveries. Because we’re always looking for improvements in this area, we have installed TIP Insight at our Joseph Ash Chesterfield plant.
TIP Insight is a telematics-based digital and connected service which allows us to track the whereabouts of our trailers and report on their health.
Recently, we’ve fitted the device to 41 transport trailers at Chesterfield.
TIP Insight will allow us to:
- Monitor brake performance and tyre pressure. This enables us to comply with the brake monitoring standards set out in the DVSA’s Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness and add an extra level of safety for our drivers.
- Track our trailers, giving us a real-time view of where they are, which in turn helps us improve utilization.
- Geofence our customer sites, alerting us when a trailer reaches its destination.
- Reduce our carbon footprint by utilizing our fleet more efficiently.
We fitted the devices to the trailers in late June, so it’s still early days in monitoring effectiveness. We’re excited about the data, though, and we look forward to using the information produced.
In our quest to reduce our carbon footprint even more we will be installing the TIP system on our whole group fleet in due course.
Joseph Ash Medway has recently commissioned the first phase of pallet racking in our goods in / despatch yard. This is a significant investment at our Kent plant by Hill & Smith (parent company).
The new racking improves the safety, operational efficiency, and organisation of the site’s warehousing activities by reducing the double handling of materials and congestion in this part of the yard.
The storage includes three aisles of three-tier racking, creating 151 pallet storage spaces for finished products before despatch.
Tim Palmer, General Manager at Medway, commented: “The health and safety of our teams are paramount at all Joseph Ash sites. The new racking helps us create space and improve organisation and safety in this critical business area.”
Palmer added: “The new racking will also improve our customers’ service. For example, eliminating additional handling reduces the risk of mechanical damage to customers’ valuable work. Also, the improved visibility of all work will help our loading teams ensure items do not miss a delivery run.”
Great news! Joseph Ash Galvanizing has been awarded ISO14001, the international standard for designing and implementing an environmental management system.
The award has been granted to Head Office, as well as five of the plants: Joseph Ash Bilston, Joseph Ash Bridgend, Joseph Ash Chesterfield, Joseph Ash Telford, and Joseph Ash Walsall.
An environmental management system, often called an EMS, comprises the policies, processes, plans, practices, and records that define the rules governing how a company interacts with the environment.
Preventing companies from causing negative impacts on the environment are two of the most critical challenges facing businesses today. Achieving the ISO14001 standard shows we’re amongst the world’s businesses that care enough about the background to reduce our environmental footprint.
Congratulations to all our team members for achieving this latest standard!
Michael Worth, Head of Technical and ESG at Joseph Ash Galvanizing said “Everyone should be incredibly proud of their contributions to this achievement. This clearly demonstrates that our approach to managing our environmental impacts and our strategy to maximise environmental opportunities are on the right trajectory to delivering continual improvement in this area.”
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See some of the steps we take to minimise our impact on the environment in our Green Future plan.