Plant focus: Spotlight on Medway
The Joseph Ash Group is home to 9 UK galvanizing sites, and in this feature, we spotlight Joseph Ash Medway, our galvanizing and powder coating plant in Kent.
About Joseph Ash Medway
Joseph Ash Medway is located within the Eurolink Industrial Centre in Sittingbourne, and is our closest site to central London and the surround areas.
We’re ideally located for companies around, Kent, Essex, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Wiltshire.
Joseph Ash Medway offers more than hot dip galvanizing; the site is a one stop shop facility for shot blasting, hot dip galvanizing, and powder coating.
Powder coating
Powder coating is a long-lasting, durable alternative to traditional liquid paint that synergises with galvanized steel. We can also powder coat raw steel and aluminium, providing enhanced corrosion protection and longevity compared to traditional liquid paint while still being available in any colour, texture and finish to suit your specifications.
Joseph Ash Medway is an AkzoNobel Approved applicator for galvanized steel, one of only a handful of companies with this status. We’re trusted to deliver AkzoNobel’s Interpon range of powder coating colours, so your steel will be powder coated to the highest quality and to your project specifications.
The site also won Product Supplier of the Year 2025 from the Steel Window’s Association, nominated by members for our outstanding services for businesses the steel window industry.
What is a duplex coating?
When hot dip galvanizing and powder coating is used on the same steel fabrication, it is known as a duplex coating. This is particularly popular across the balcony, balustrade and street furniture sectors, where protection against the elements – combined with the ability to stand out or blend in – is key.
We’re proud to offer up to 40 years’ warranty on duplex coatings at Joseph Ash Medway, ensuring your fabrication stays protected and looking great for the long term.
Additional services
In addition to our core services, we can provide a range of additional services to make the process simple. This includes:
- Collection and delivery service across the South East with our own transport fleet
- Full technical support
- Packing and bundling
- On-site storage
Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate®️
Our Joseph Ash Medway site is also home to the Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate®️ – the trusted safety play gate designed for children’s play areas. The Mono Hinge Gates are completely free of finger traps, head traps, foot traps, crush points, shear actions and sharp edges. They are also DDA-compliant and vandal-resistant, proving a popular choice for businesses and local authorities.
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. The site also holds certifications in BS EN 13438 and BS EN 15773.
Joseph Ash Medway bath size
Joseph Ash Medway’s galvanizing bath dipping dimensions are 6.5m long x 2.2m deep x 1.2m wide, with a maximum dip weight capacity of 2.6 tonnes. Our powder coating oven size is 3.2m long x 2.400m deep x 0.75m wide.
Joseph Ash Medway offers more than hot dip galvanizing; the site is a one stop shop facility for shot blasting, hot dip galvanizing, and powder coating.
Contact us to discuss your project’s specifications.
If you need steel protection services around the South East, get in touch with Joseph Ash Medway today.