ISO 9001:2008 accredited galvanizers

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!

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

We love a good news story! So what better news is there than being proud to offer new career prospects to people in Hull?

With the year starting off as busy as the last finished, we have decided to bring in additional reinforcements to ensure we can continue to cope with demand and continue to provide our high levels of hot dip galvanizing services and quality control to each of our clients.

We put great emphasis on the training and development of our people so our new team members immersed themselves into our highly detailed and structured training programme which ensures that regardless of the specific role they have been employed to undertake – they will also learn and develop skills in all areas of our galvanizing production processes.

Strengthening our team ensures that our clients experience the very best levels of performance at all times, providing the necessary additional resource we need in the short term, but as we further develop our reach into the business community – it ensures we are able to grow and develop better in the longer term by giving us greater flexibility to deal with our customers needs.

Developing our people…

It’s early days but our new recruits are all showing a keen interest to learn, a willingness to get stuck in and a real desire to succeed. All qualities that mirror our company aims and objectives.

If we can carry on with this momentum then 2014 could be a real year of opportunity!

Looking to develop a career in the Manufacturing industry?

Then why not send us your CV and a covering letter telling us why you think you could help us strengthen our place in the hot dip galvanizing market? – Send all enquiries to

Opportunities@Premier Galvanizing
Unit 25 Stoneferry Business Park
Foster Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU8 8BT

As training and development of our people is one of the areas which Premier Galvanizing lays great emphasis on, Steve Sylvester (Production Manager) recently completed a four year degree course in Business Management and Logistics at the University of Hull.

The course, alongside his demanding day job proved testing at times on his social life, however Steve really appreciated the knowledge and experience he has gained at Premier Galvanizing in helping him produce some excellent work in each of the modules which included Business law and ethics, finance, logistics, marketing and human resource management.

“The support the company gave me throughout the four years was invaluable. I am delighted that Premier Galvanizing encouraged me to continue my education as a mature student and thus gaining a business management degree. This will prove invaluable throughout my career.”

Here’s to a bright future for Steve and we look forward to a long and prosperous journey through life!

Premier Galvanizing recently held a retirement party for loyal employee John Lyell, who set off to enjoy his retirement at the end of December 2013. John, who has worked for Premier Galvanizing at the Hull factory for 14 years was sad to be leaving stating:

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time working for Premier Galvanizing at both the Hull factory and training new employees at the Corby factory, I have worked alongside some great people, the owners and management team have always treated me fantastically well”.

John will be spending some quality time with his wife Denise, his 3 children and numerous grandchildren.

We wish John a long and happy retirement.

awkwardly shaped steel metal structures ready to be galvanised

A Premier Galvanizing Service really matters and so does exceptional customer support!

At Premier Galvanizing we believe a key part of being ‘Part of Your Team’ is that we provide as much support as possible to all of our customers across the vast range of hot dip galvanizing services that we offer.

Customer support is far from written documents, it is about direct customer contact and a two-way verbal exchange to find out customers requirements and expectations and to advise if these are achievable and what we both can do to make it happen.

Often customers choose to phone through and discuss their hot dip galvanizing projects, this can be for a range of reasons such as the item being an awkward shape.

Also, large jobs with specific deadlines is another reason clients call us as we make sure every step of the task is clearly explained and we always strive to give realistic timeframes with any project.

Our approach is very much ‘pro-active’ rather than reactive and we are always available and willing to come out and see customers at any time. Ideally, this happens prior to starting fabrication so that all potential issues can be discussed and resolved to ensure there are no nasty surprises for either party.

Often customers are surprised by our willingness to travel out to see them prior to carrying out and hot dip galvanizing for them. They are surprised as this is not seen as the norm in the current market, but we believe it is absolutely essential that customer support and visits in particular are a crucial part of our service and ultimately our success. We want customers to have the knowledge and understanding they require, and we have various types of literature available to advise on drilling and so on which are readily available on request.

All of our customers can be assured that if they need our support then it will be provided!

Find out how we could help you!

What is hot dip galvanizing?

Hot dip galvanizing is the process of protecting metals from corrosion, the main culprit being iron and steel. To make sense of just how important galvanizing is you have to imagine how often the metals it protects are used in everyday life.

For instance, steel is one of the most common metals used. Believe it or not, it completely surrounds us. Because it is such a strong and versatile metal it is used to manufacture a wide range of product such as structures and it can be used to construct buildings.

Although it is a versatile metal, with many advantages, it has one very distinct weakness which is corrosion.

When most metals are exposed to water or moisture, then rust is inevitable. Rust can seriously damage and weaken the surface of metals, especially steel. For example, if a bridge begins to rust, over time the structure will begin to fail and collapse.

Is zinc really that important?

The process of galvanizing provides outstanding corrosion performance in a wide variety of environments.

Galvanizing provides a durable, abrasion-resistant coating of metallic zinc and zinc-iron alloy layers which are bonded metallurgical to the steel.

Why is zinc used?

Although zinc is a metal it does not rust like iron or steel.

There are many advantages to using zinc. It provides toughness, resistance to mechanical damage and ultimately it slows corrosion and help structures last up to a hundred years.

Zinc is an impressive metal, as is the galvanizing process. Without it, buildings and structures would not be able to hold on as long as they do. One of the most common methods of galvanizing is hot-dip galvanizing.

Hot dip galvanizing – it’s all about the reaction

Hot Dip Galvanizing varies from plant to plant but here at Premier Galvanizing we specialise in this process. The hot dipping method results in the steel being coated with a thick layer of zinc. However, the steel has to pass through a molten bath of zinc, heated to about 450 degrees Celsius. When the steel is immersed in the bath the zinc reacts with the steel,
forming an iron-zinc alloy. The zinc also forms a zinc oxide when it comes into contact with the surface. This is what prevents corrosion.

So, what are the benefits of the hot dip galvanizing process?

There are many advantages to hot dip galvanizing, which is why is it one of the most popular galvanizing processes used.

Here are just a few of the advantages:

It creates a tough, durable and permanently bonded coating. This is better than many other methods in protecting steel from damage.
It is very reliable because there is coverage from the inside and out.
Hot dip galvanized steel provides an easy to clean surface, making it more hygienic.

When left alone, hot dip galvanized steel will last decades. It will protect against the weather and substances such as, diesel oil and petrol.

About Premier Galvanizing

We are a modern, technically advanced and privately owned galvanizing company. We first opened our doors back in 2000. Our first galvanizing depot was in Hull and we provided galvanizing services to clients throughout Yorkshire and the North East. Due to our success, in 2002 we opened a second depot in Corby. This expanded our geographic reach further afield, to the Midlands and the South East region.

What makes us different?

Premier Galvanizing is not like any other galvanizing company. We only offer the highest quality service to our clients. But that is not all we have to offer. One of our best characteristics is that we are, essentially, a small company. This means we take extra time and energy to really care about our customers, yet we are still big enough to cater for the needs of our larger clients.

Our customers always come first at Premier Galvanizing and we like to listen to the different needs of our clients and take on board any suggestions they have for our improvement. We need the strength given to us from our customers to help our company grow and improve.

We are always investing into our business, meaning we are always finding ways to improve our company and service. Its processes and our people have been a crucial part of our growth.

At Premier Galvanizing we understand that consistently good performance from our team is relied upon. We discovered from listening to our clients that time saving and quality are the most important elements demanded by our customers and our systems are specifically designed to provide a high quality finish in the shortest time possible. This is proof that we consistently listen to our customers’ needs and deliver what they expect, daily.

Galvanizing growth – now that’s what I call TEAMWORK!

Over the past few months we have been very busy on numerous high end hot dip galvanizing projects throughout the country. Two projects in particular were at a crucial stage and simply had to happen with constant overnight turn-around requirements being required.

This has been great from a business perspective but has made us think about the resources we have and how these can be best utilised.

We needed to do this because there was a risk that demand would out strip our ability to supply and this was simply not an option.

Considering we already work 24 hours a day starting at 9pm Sunday and running through until 8pm on a Friday as our basic week we are limited how we can build additional production into our week other than on a weekend.

We have an excellent core of multi-skilled employees who were working additional hours within the basic week, but needed to maximise our production capacity over the weekend periods.

We approached our Corby galvanizing plant to gauge interest in operatives coming to Hull to work over the weekend, working a full day Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with a team of Hull operatives.

Luckily the Corby guys jumped at the chance to come up to Hull.

We have repeated this exercise four times over the last couple of months which has proved to be a complete success and has achieved the following:

Given us the additional galvanizing production capacity required
Resulted in us fulfilling our commitment to our galvanizing customers by achieving all customer deadlines.
Cemented strong working relationships between the two plants
Created strong working relationships between the two sets of operatives and strong bonds have been formed.

Premier Galvanizing was born in Hull and we are proud of our northern links. However, we have extended our geographical reach and now have galvanizing plants in the Midlands and South East. Our plants are busy and work 24 hours a day hot dip galvanizing steel for delivery across the United Kingdom.

We use the latest technology, which is modern and well maintained. At our galvanizing plants we have deep and wide galvanizing baths, which are designed to cope with both large and small fabrications.

We provide a wide service from the top of the country (Newcastle) to the bottom (London). This is due to our transport fleet between our two plants. This means we can reach you pretty much anywhere in England!

Although the services we offer are high quality and our plants use the best equipment, Premier Galvanizing would be nothing without a strong and focused team to back everything up. Simply, we are a bunch of ambitious, future focussed and dedicated individuals who all contribute to the overall success of Premier Galvanizing. The Premier team are multi-skilled and focused on building relationships and working with customers

The managing team have a wealth of impressive galvanizing experience between them. They have strong customer, production and technical design skills. This is pretty impressive for a small company! With everything we offer, we would like to share our skills and experience with you and to reach our goal; to be a part of your team.

A welcome to a new addition to the Premier Galvanizing fleet…

With an ever increasing demand on its galvanizing delivery service transport fleet, Premier Galvanizing (Hull), have recently welcomed a new articulated vehicle into its day-to-day operations.

Working closely with their long term partner D&P Haulage, also based in Hull, the new DAF Artic, proudly displaying the Premier brand commenced work in late April. Servicing galvanizing customers from Newark to Newcastle and all those in-between. The new vehicle can carry a staggering 28 tonnes of steel for hot dip galvanizing and the increased ability to transport wide loads on our flat bed trailer it is already proving to be a big hit with our galvanizing and hot dip galvanizing customers throughout the UK.

Already offering a speedy and efficient galvanizing transport service, by adding to our existing vehicles of five 18tn Rigids and one 7.5tn wagon, the new addition ensures that Premier Galvanizing will continue to offer a premier service to all customers, no matter how big or small.