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November 2023 newsletter

Welcome to our November 2023 newsletter. Read about the sustainability of galvanizing, the Bluewater project, and Joseph Ash Widnes.

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Christmas Closures 2023

We've published the dates and times our galvanizing sites will be closed for the 2023 Christmas holidays. Check your local site's schedule here.

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Plant focus: Spotlight on Widnes

This month's focus is a spotlight on Widnes, one of our nine Joseph Ash plants spread across the UK. Learn about the plant.

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Plant focus: Spotlight on Walsall

The Joseph Ash Group takes pride in showcasing its extensive network of nine plants strategically located throughout the United Kingdom, encompassing diverse regions spanning from north to south and east to west. This month, our focus is on one of our Midlands-based facilities, Joseph Ash Walsall.

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Forging a path to history

We galvanized a life-size cob horse as part of the Changing Chalk project as a reminder of the rich cultural heritage of communities in the South Downs.

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2023 SSDA winners announced

The 55th Structural Steel Design Awards recently took place in London. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who took part.

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Widnes Galvanising launches new environmentally-friendly passivation process

Widnes Galvanising has just launched a brand-new, environmentally-friendly passivation process!

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Joseph Ash Medway Truck

Plant focus: Spotlight on Medway

The Joseph Ash Group is delighted to highlight its wide-reaching network of nine plants situated across the United Kingdom, covering various regions from north to south and east to west. In the spotlight this month is our Kent-based facility, Joseph Ash Medway.

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Premier Galvanizing Hull

Plant focus: Spotlight on Hull

Find out more about Premier Galvanizing Hull: our facility in Yorkshire deserving of the spotlight. It's time to showcase the remarkable capabilities and state-of-the-art amenities that make Hull truly stand out.

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Roundhouse Play Area

RIDBA Building Awards 2023 shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for this year's RIDBA Building Awards. These awards, held every two years, celebrate excellence in rural and industrial building design and fabrication.

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Speedy galvanizing for Young V&A museum

We recently galvanized giant letters in the shape of Young V&A's logo to sit atop the brand-new children's museum.

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John McMahon retires after 19 years at Joseph Ash

After 19 years working at Joseph Ash Galvanizing, the company said farewell to John McMahon on the 30th of June. All the best, John!

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Galvanized steel at Premier Galvanizing Corby

Plant focus: Spotlight on Corby

This month's news highlights our Northamptonshire facility, Premier Galvanizing Corby. We're putting a spotlight on Corby to showcase its remarkable capabilities and state-of-the-art amenities.

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Meet the team: Neil Kanagaratnam

This month's Meet the Team feature is an exciting one, as we had the chance to interview Neil Kanagaratnam, Operations Director. Find out about some of the exciting new innovations at our sites in our interview with him.

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Jeannette Dixon celebrates 40 years at Joseph Ash Galvanizing

June 6th 2023 means that Jeannette Dixon has been with Joseph Ash Galvanizing for 40 years! Find out about her time at the Company here.

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David Hull promoted to UK Head of Health & Safety

We're proud to announce that David Hull has been promoted to UK Head of Health and Safety for Hill & Smith PLC (Joseph Ash Group's parent company).

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Bath at Telford

The UK’s widest bath at Joseph Ash Telford

Looking for the widest galvanizing bath in the UK? Look no further than Joseph Ash Telford! At 2 meters wide, Joseph Ash Telford can hot dip almost any steel fabrication.

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A golf marathon in aid of TOFS charity

Liam Houghton, Assistant Divisional Manager at Premier Galvanizing Corby will be completing a 72-hole golf marathon in aid of the charity TOFS.

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Meet the team: David Hull

Joseph Ash Galvanizing takes health and safety seriously, but we need someone to be in charge of our Health and Safety department. This is where David Hull comes in!

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Plant focus: Spotlight on Chesterfield

This month's featured plant is Joseph Ash Chesterfield, one of our nine plants spread across the UK. We’re sharing details about our services, and facilities and the hardworking team members who make it all possible.

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Celebrating a quarter century at Joseph Ash

In 1998, Ranjit Singh started work at our Walsall plant. Fast forward 25 years and we are proud to say he is celebrating a quarter century at Joseph Ash.

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Widnes Galvanising now offers the full package

Widnes Galvanising is the latest plant in the Joseph Ash Group to begin offering powder coating and shot blasting services.

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work celebration

Friday 28 April 2023 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. As a Company that prioritises health and safety at work, we proudly promote this national initiative.

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Plant focus: Spotlight on Bridgend

This month's featured plant is Joseph Ash Bridgend, one of our nine plants spread across the UK. We’re sharing details about our services, and facilities and the hardworking team members who make it all possible.

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Lily Mae Foundation Charity Golf Day

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Lily Mae Foundation Charity Golf Day! Joseph Ash Galvanizing was proud to support the event.

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Almost £4000 raised for Breaking Bread food bank

What a fantastic day at Joseph Ash Walsall! We've raised just under £4000 and hundreds of Easter Eggs for a local food bank. Today we invited the charity to our plant to receive the cheque and chocolate.

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Meet the team: Paul Williams

Paul Williams recently joined our team at Widnes Galvanising as Maintenance Manager. We took the chance to speak with Paul and find out all about him and his new role.

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Plant focus: Spotlight on Bilston

This month we’re spotlighting our plant in Bilston to share its history and what our team members and facilities can offer there.

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Dalit Singh’s incredible 45 year anniversary

2023 is the year of incredible long service milestones, as Daljit Singh recently celebrated 45 years at the Company!

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Easter Holidays 2023 – Closure

The Easter Holidays are fast approaching, which means our plants' opening times will be affected.

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Please support the Easter food bank drive

Charlie Singh and his team at Joseph Ash Walsall are trying to raise as much money as possible to support Breaking Bread, a food bank in the Midlands.

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Meet the team: Jessica Ramanouski

We shine a light on Jessica Ramanouski, Office & Sales Administrator, as the latest face to join our Widnes Galvanising branch.

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RIDBA Building Awards 2023

The RIDBA Building Awards is taking place in 2023, and the deadline to submit your entries is 31 March 2023.

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February 2023 newsletter

Welcome to our monthly newsletter. This month we're celebrating new websites, long-time service (40 years!), and National Apprenticeship Week.

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Mick Jackson’s 40 years of love for Joseph Ash

Valentine's Day 2023 marks Mick Jackson's 40th anniversary at Joseph Ash Galvanizing! We had the chance to catch up with him and show appreciation for all his years of hard work.

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A night-time hike for charity

In the twilight hours of Saturday 11th February, Mark Lamb and his Man v Fat Football team set off on a journey to walk 20 miles from stadium to stadium to raise money for charity.

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Meet the team: Matthew Phillips

For National Apprenticeship Week 2023, we decided to interview Matthew Phillips, who is completing a Team Leader apprenticeship.

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A galvanized welcome to Evenley Wood Garden

Evenley Wood Garden recently turned to Adam Baillie, to create an art installation in the form of letters to welcome people to their gardens. Adam turned to Joseph Ash Walsall to galvanize the steel.

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A new galvanizing kettle at Hull

We recently installed a new galvanizing kettle at our Hull plant. Replacing a bath every 7-10 years is important for health and safety reasons. Find out why.

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Meet the team: Gavin Jones

Meet Gavin Jones, our Commercial Manager at Widnes Galvanising. Learn a bit about him and his plans for the Widnes plant here.

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Our chemistry, our values

We've recently launched a new set of company values for the Joseph Ash Group. They are collectively called 'Our Chemistry'.

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Pig pedicures for Gandalf and friends

Beneath the Wood is an animal sanctuary in Wales that rescued 53 pigs. Find out how the rescue led to an interesting new piece of foot care machinery, galvanized at Joseph Ash Walsall.

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Plant arrangements for the festive holidays 2022

To help you plan ahead for December and January, here's the opening hours for all Joseph Ash Group plants during the festive holidays

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A-Z of Galvanizing

Read our A-Z of Galvanizing - everything you've ever wanted to know about galvanizing if you work with steel.

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Important revisions to ISO 1461

ISO 1461 – the British standard for hot dip galvanized coatings on iron and steel articles – has recently been updated. The new 2022 version supersedes the 2009 version. Find out what the changes mean.

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The Structural Steel Design Awards, 2022 winners

The Structural Steel Design Awards recently took place in London, celebrating the best-of-the-best in steel construction. Find out who the winners are.

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Widnes Galvanising

Acquisition of Widnes Galvanising Ltd

We are delighted to announce that Joseph Ash Limited has acquired Widnes Galvanising Ltd. Founded over 20 years ago, Widnes Galvanising operates in the northwest.

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Rebecca Lee: Our very own health and safety superhero

Our Health and Safety Manager - Rebecca Lee - recently saved the life of a member of the public involved in an RTA. Well done Rebecca!

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National Day of Mourning

Our plants are closed on Monday 19 September to respect HRH, Queen Elizabeth II, and the National Day of Mourning

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All-round park protection from MetaFab Solutions and Joseph Ash Walsall

Joseph Ash galvanizes a new, unique space on behalf of Metafab Solutions, to protect Trecco Bay holidaymakers from the weather

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Plant Open Days at Chesterfield, Hull and Telford

In conjunction with the Galvanizers Association we will host Open Days at some of our plants. Save the date for Thursday 20 October 2022

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Congratulations to Kevin Hilden

Congratulations to our colleague Kevin Hilden who has reached 25 years service with Joseph Ash!

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F4N status re-awarded to Chesterfield

We’re proud to announce that Joseph Ash Galvanizing in Chesterfield has again been granted ‘Fit for Nuclear’ status

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Celebrating the heritage of Carnival and Jonkonnu

Sokari Douglas Camp applauds the Carnival spirit with hot dip galvanized steel sculptures

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TIP Europe helps keep our fleet in sight

Managing customer collections and deliveries is important to us. Because we’re always looking for improvements in this area, we have recently installed TIP Insight at our Joseph Ash Chesterfield plant.

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New pallet racking at Medway

Joseph Ash Medway commissions new pallet racking for goods in / despatch yard, to improve safety and organisational efficiency.

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2022 GAGA winners announced

The annual Galvanizer’s Association Galvanizing Awards took place last Friday, 1 July. Find out who the winners are.

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Mr Blue Sky is hot dip galvanized

As weather forecasts across the UK look good this week, with plenty of sunshine, we’re celebrating the ‘Mr Blue Sky’ sculpture in Newham.

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It’s Environment, Social and Governance Week at the Joseph Ash Group

Following World Environment Day at the weekend, the Joseph Ash Group has designated the first week of June to be ‘ESG Week’. This is the first of a new annual event. Find out what we're doing.

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Joseph Ash achieves ISO14001 certification

Great news! Joseph Ash Galvanizing has been awarded ISO14001, the international standard for designing and implementing an environmental management system.

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Design right for galvanizing

When using steel in construction a good design will prevent any processing problems at the galvanizing plant and will also ensure you get the best steel coating possible

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Draycott in Bloom sculpture

A silver finish for platinum celebrations

Every year, the Draycott Village Fund promotes ‘Draycott in Bloom’. In 2022 they’re using the Platinum Jubilee as the key theme. Joseph Ash galvanized their steel.

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Proud to work with ‘green initiative’ suppliers

As sustainability and emission management are critical drivers for our business, we always look for vendors with a responsible approach to the environment.

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The Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge

In mid-May, Lucy Foster-Bowen from our Bilston plant will be taking on a 100km ultra marathon in Dorset to raise money for the mental health charity, MIND.

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Joseph Ash wins 9th gold RoSPA

We're pleased to announce that we're celebrating across the Joseph Ash Group, after landing another RoSPA Gold Award

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New steelwork specification guide published by the BCSA

The BCSA has recently published the first edition of their sustainability specification for structural steelwork.

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Shadowed by the Shadow Chief Secretary

Last week, our Bilston plant had a visit from Pat McFadden, Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. It's always great to welcome new visitors.

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Reflecting on the past at Joseph Ash Bilston

This month we showed Dr Greig Campbell around the plant. Greig is a Bilston born historian whose PhD focused on the campaign to save Bilston Steelworks in the late 1970s.

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Two months in and a good year so far for Joseph Ash Bilston

A state-of-the-art environmentally friendly building has been designed and built for Joseph Ash Bilston. The team happily moved in, in January.

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Decarbonisation at Joseph Ash with MODO

As the steel construction industry moves to net-zero carbon by 2050, embracing the ideals expressed at COP26, Joseph Ash is playing its part.

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Trust secured for ‘Nest’

The importance of trust when choosing a galvanizer. 'Nest' by sculptor Ian Gill.

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To all our dear customers…

Read our end-of-year message to all our customers, from Steven Hopkins, MD, Joseph Ash Ltd

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The importance of galvanizing for M&E supports

Galvanizing is important for M&E supports as it plays a primary role in the protection of steel. Lucy Foster-Bowen explains why in a MIDFIX podcast.

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Driver safety training achievements

Investors in people: Joseph Ash becomes an approved Driver CPC centre providing regular driver training and vocational courses to our employees.

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Proud sponsors of Netherton Colts FC

Joseph Ash Galvanizing is a proud sponsor of the Netherton Colts U7s football team. Have a great season!

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A visit to the past at Packwood House

CEO Steven Hopkins visits the ancestral home of the Joseph Ash family.

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Appreciation for years of service

Find out about a string of anniversaries at Joseph Ash Galvanizing, with six of our colleagues celebrating long-time service ranging from 15-25 years.

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New additions to our Walsall sales team

Two new joiners have joined the Sales Team at Joseph Ash Walsall. Please meet Jordan Sanders and Lesley Elcock.

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A bridge to the dinosaurs at Crystal Palace

When the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs needed a new bridge for the 'Dinosaur Court', they commissioned Cake Industries for the project. Joseph Ash Chesterfield protected the steel.

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Joseph Ash Galvanizing receives RoSPA Gold Award for health and safety, eight years in a row

Joseph Ash Galvanizing is celebrating after landing an internationally-recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards.

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The Hothouse at Stratford International Quarter

A beautiful structure with a stark warning - fabricated by Cake Industries and hot dip galvanized by Joseph Ash Galvanizing.

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Joseph Ash Bilston

A bird’s eye view of Joseph Ash Bilston

It's always good to get a different perspective, and that's just what happened when we received some drone photos of our Bilston plant.

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The Living Room at Stratford

Galvanized steel for free co-working space at The Living Room

In 2020 a new structure was erected at the busy new commercial office district of Stratford’s International Quarter London. The structure – The Living Room – was commissioned by Lendlease, fabricated by one of our valued clients – Cake Industries – and hot dip galvanized by Joseph Ash Galvanizing.

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We’re hiring at Joseph Ash Galvanizing

We're looking for additional hot dip galvanizing operatives for our plants. Are you interested?

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The sustainability of galvanized steel

Galvanized steel is an important part of everyday life. But how does its prevalence today affect the environment of the future? And what role does it play in the circular economy?

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Dragon protection for Phoenix Forge

Take a look at these amazing dragon sculptures! They were recently hot dip galvanized at our Bridgend plant, for Phoenix Forge.

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Emma Stothard Whitby Walk Heritage Sculptures Hot Dip Galvanized by Premier Galvanizing Hull

Protecting the Whitby Walk Heritage Sculptures

The Whitby Walk with Heritage Sculpture Trail has opened in North Yorkshire. Emma Stothard is the appointed artist, and our Hull plant protected the steel.

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Tom Hill: The horseshoe sculptor

Stunning animal sculptures fabricated from horseshoes by sculptor Tom Hill, and hot dip galvanized by Premier Galvanizing Corby

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A rewarding partnership with Godbold Blacksmiths Limited

For the last two years, Godbold Blacksmiths has been exclusively sending projects to Premier Galvanizing (our sister company) for steel finishing. The Hull plant said that it’s been an honour and a privilege to protect the steel produced by such an amazing team of artists and makers.

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Major site improvements at Joseph Ash Chesterfield

In December 2020 the Joseph Ash Chesterfield plant underwent a series of major improvements. Find out more about the works.

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FORS renewal for Joseph Ash Medway

We're pleased to announce that Joseph Ash Galvanizing's Medway plant has again met the bronze level requirements of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS).

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Dennis the dragonfly…

Meet Dennis the Dragonfly - a stunning steel sculpture by Orna-Metal UK, hot dip galvanized by our Corby plant

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Job opportunities for production operatives at Corby

We wish to employ additional hot dip galvanizing operatives for our Corby plant. Are you interested?

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Bringing Padel Tennis to the UK

JB Corrie, Joseph Ash Galvanizing, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Chichester Racquets and Fitness Club are helping with the movement to make the sport more popular.

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Game, set and match for new roof down under

In 2019 a project was underway to add a new canopy roof to the Ken Rosewall Arena in Australia. Macalloy was engaged to provide the steel tension rods. And Premier Galvanizing Hull (part of the Joseph Ash Group) was engaged by Macalloy for hot dip galvanizing.

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A leap of faith for a lemur

Earlier this year, a gigantic sculpture was added to the Lemur Wood of Dudley Zoo and Castle (DZC), in the Midlands. We were proud to hot dip galvanize it.

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B.U.D.I.E.S. training for good mental health

We believe we have a duty of care and a moral obligation to our employees to help them have good mental health, so we have recently engaged in B.U.D.I.E.S training. Find out more.

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Joseph Ash employee galvanizing objects

Staying Covid-19 secure

Health and safety has always been of paramount importance to Joseph Ash Galvanizing and Premier Galvanizing, and this is especially the case during these COVID times.

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