Plant focus: Spotlight on Walsall

The Joseph Ash Group has nine plants across the UK, from Medway in the South to Hull in the North. This month, we’re shining the spotlight on Walsall to share its history and capabilities.

Overview of Joseph Ash Walsall

Galvanizing has a rich history in Walsall, dating back to the 18th century when the town was a thriving hub of metalworking and manufacturing. With a wealth of iron and steel production facilities, the need for corrosion protection became increasingly important.

Today, Joseph Ash Walsall is one of three West Midlands-based galvanizing plants in the Joseph Ash Group, specialising in protecting many types of fabrication including general fabrications, bridging, lighting and access support steelwork.

Servicing the Midlands

Joseph Ash Walsall is conveniently located just off the M6 (junction 9), making it easy to reach for those delivering and collecting their steel to and from the site. This convenient location, in addition to Joseph Ash Walsall’s own fleet of trucks, also means we offer a convenient collection and delivery service across the West Midlands and run a regular milk run service.

For those looking to deliver their steel early and collect it late, Joseph Ash Walsall proudly offers extended opening hours to assist customers. Not only this, overnight and 24 hour turnaround times can be completed when agreed by prior arrangement. Contact the site for more information.

Additional services

In addition to our core hot dip galvanizing service, Joseph Ash Walsall offers shot blasting through an external shot-blasting subcontractor. And as part of the Joseph Ash network, we also provide powder coating, duplex coatings, and spin galvanizing through our other sites in the Group.

We also offer convenient additional services including:

• Collection and delivery using our own transport fleet
• Comprehensive technical support
• On-site storage facilities
• Fast turnaround times, including 24 hours and overnight (when agreed in advance)

Bath size

Our bath dipping size at Joseph Ash Walsall is 7.3m x 1.3m x 2.5m, and we can dip 2.5 tonnes. We can also deliver your work to other Joseph Ash sites that have different bath sizes, covering an even wider range of fabrication sizes.

Committed to quality

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.

Here to help

Our plant is staffed by a diverse team spanning various roles, including shop floor operations, skilled transport and truck drivers, health and safety professionals, and our proficient administrative staff. We’re ready to provide the expertise and support you need.

Contact our Walsall team today to book a collection or get a quote.