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Why Galvanize !


No other protective coating for steel provides the long life, durability and predictable performance of hot dip galvanizing. An alloy of its steel base, a galvanized coating is unique in matching the design and handling characteristics of steel.

As asset management and life-cycle costing become even more essential, after fabrication galvanizing provides the facility to design for a predictable, engineered result.

Galvanizing is a once only process, committed to the concept of the maintenance-free use of steel, ensuring long service life and virtually eliminating disruptive maintenance.

This long-term protection is well documented world-wide in terms ahead of any other protective coating, and galvanizing continues to find new applications in almost every field of engineering.


Ampol's high-tech petroleum reformer located in a corrosive environment on the Brisbane River, near the open sea. All structural steel is hot dip galvanized