Easter holiday plant closures
Please note that all Premier Galvanizing plants will be closed during the Easter weekend. The plants will be closed from Good Friday (19 April) until Easter Monday and will re-open on Tuesday 23 April 2018.
The last date for deliveries is Thursday 18 April.
Have a great holiday weekend!
From all the team at Premier Galvanizing.
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Premier Galvanizing Ltd is a successful, independent company looking to employ additional hot dip galvanizing operatives for its Corby factory. We are offering job opportunities for self-motivated and hard-working individuals to work within a rotating shift pattern or on permanent nights.
Earning c£20,000 per annum, all members of our team are expected to progress through our structured training programme and become multi-skilled in all areas of the production process.
Applicants must be very reliable, be physically fit and work well in a team within a fast moving production environment where excellent customer service and high product quality is the key to our continued success.
Manual handling and fork-lift truck experience is not essential but would be helpful.
Looking for a rewarding a career in the manufacturing industry?
Interested applicants should forward their c.v. to davidp@premiergalv.co.uk or by post to:
David Prattis (General Manager)
Premier Galvanizing
Darwin Road
Willowbrook Industrial Estate
Corby
Northants
NN17 5XZ
We are pleased to report that the shares in our business have been acquired by Joseph Ash Ltd, which is looking to expand into areas of England where it was not previously present.
Joseph Ash is a company with a fine reputation in hot dip galvanizing and one which we believe is the best possible guardian of our service values here at Premier Galvanizing.
The company will be operated independently from Joseph Ash and customers will continue to benefit from the same high levels of service which we have always provided, with an enhanced ability to service long structural steels or bulky items by arrangement with Joseph Ash.
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Remember the do’s and don’ts when storing galvanized steelwork in wet or humid conditions.
With the adverse weather upon us, it’s worth remembering the do’s and don’ts of how to store galvanized steelwork in wet or humid conditions.
Whilst the primary function of hot dip galvanizing is to protect the underlying steel from corrosion, aesthetics are still important to Premier Galvanizing, and to our clients. With this in mind, we’re sharing a document produced by the Galvanizers Association which gives some very helpful tips and advice on avoiding wet storage staining. The document includes the following:
- How wet storage stains form
- The effects of wet storage stains
- Avoiding wet storage stains during storage and transport
- Wet storage stain removal.
You can read the document here.
If you have any questions on this topic, please contact the Premier Galvanizing Technical Department. We’re always happy to help.
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At Premier Galvanizing we know how important it is for our employees to understand the needs of our customers first hand. We have therefore made a commitment that all of our employees across our departments will visit a customer.
By making this commitment our employees get the opportunity to understand what the customer really requires from a galvanizer. It is also a great opportunity to put names to faces too. We have always been proud of the personal relationships that we forge with our clients – this is a great way to truly personalise our service even further.
An additional benefit for our customers is that the our employees gain association and ownership of the products we will be hot dip galvanizing. We have found that these visits also ensure our people feel responsible for the final product produced.
Blueline Trailers, near Boston Lincolnshire
Members of our team recently visited Blueline Trailers so as to gain a better understanding of their business and the products they produce. The visit lasted around half an hour with our team having the chance to understand why the trailers needed stacking in a certain way.
It’s only by visiting the customer that our employee got the chance to understand the potential problems that poor stacking could have in the assembly process.
Want to arrange a visit?
If you feel your company would benefit from a visit from one of our operatives please feel free to contact Bob Preston on bob@premiergalv.co.uk
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Due to the ongoing increase in demand for the reliable ‘on time’ service provided by Premier Galvanizing we are pleased to announce that we have expanded our production operation at our Corby site.
As of the 1 February 2015 our production department began operating on a 24 hour basis in order to continue providing our customers with the reliable service that they have become accustomed to.
Our aim is to ensure that the varied needs and requirements of our valued customers are maintained at all times, so therefore, to compliment our service, we have also invested in additional transport and recruitment.
We have increased our transport fleet and been successful in recruiting and training additional production personnel.
Our goal is to get it right first time, on time, every time! The development at our Corby site is instrumental to us delivering a great service that meets the demands of our customer base.
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Following on from the accreditation of our Quality Management System to ISO9001:2008 last summer, our first surveillance visit took place at the start of January.
We are delighted to say that there were no non-conformities raised. We moved forward with an annual review of the quality management system involving the senior managers from both sites. At the review, it was decided to improve the on-time delivery target from the current average of 95% to 97% for the coming year following the continued high level of achievement at both sites over the preceding 12 months.
Having the ISO9001 accreditation is a big help to our customers because it gives them the assurance they need when it comes to CE Marking for galvanized products. Our customers can take advantage of our market leading service and benefit from working with Premier Galvanizing’s multi-skilled workforce. Confident in the knowledge that we will put the customer first.
Watch this space for more news as things unfold!
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The Premier Galvanizing fleet continues to grow
Premier Galvanizing have conducted yet further investment as part of our long term strategy by taking delivery of five brand new DAF vehicles on 1 September 2014.
These vehicles are the latest on the market and have Euro six engines with reduced emissions which will benefit both the business and the environment inline with the companies environmental policy.
Transport is an essential part of the business and the investment has been made to ensure that customers benefit with enhanced reliability to provide the best possible service for our customers in line with our company aims and objectives.
The vehicles have been sourced locally and the bodies have been designed and purpose built by a local truck body builder so that investment has benefited other local suppliers.
The intention is that ‘new wagons roll in so that our customers work can continue to roll out’ in as efficient way as possible to the benefit of our loyal customers.
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Premier Galvanizing achieved ISO9001:2008 accreditation during 2014 at both plants as assessed by Lloyd’s Register LRQA.
As part of the continuous improvement process a surveillance assessment was conducted in Hull in early January 2015 by the LRQA team.
The assessment was very successful with lots of positives being identified during the visit.
LRQA were impressed with our system and especially by how everyone within the business had embraced the ISO process and the ‘buy-in’ to strive for improvement.
This was evident throughout the business including the management team, production, office staff, drivers with a real positive ‘can do’ approach which we hope our customers identify too.
The next surveillance assessment is scheduled for later in the year in Corby whereby we intend to display further improvements to the benefit of both the internal stakeholders of the business, its owners and employees but especially for its external customers, our customers!
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We did it! We’re ISO 9001 accredited!
We are delighted to tell you that our Quality Management System has been approved by Lloyds Quality Assurance.
We are now therefore an ISO 9001 Registered Company! For CE marking purposes this means that Premier Galvanizing fulfils the requirements of CE as one of your suppliers.
I would like to extend my gratitude to the whole team involved throughout the accreditation process. A real team effort!
Gary Hainsworth
Managing Director
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