Kingfield Galvanizing

Manufacturing

www.kingfield.com.au

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Our pledge

For over 30 years Kingfield Galvanizing (Kingfield) has hot dip galvanized (HDG) steel components for engineering, construction and infrastructure projects throughout Australia. Based in Melbourne's northern suburbs, $20 million was invested in building the largest sustainable and automated galvanizing plant with the lowest emissions of any HDG plant in the southern hemisphere.

One of Kingfield’s initial objectives was to change the perception of HDG plants as harmful to the environment, to an industry that supports sustainability. Automated processes, enclosed zones and recycling initiatives were designed to reduce waste, minimise emissions and achieve cost efficiencies. The new plant is designed to deliver a commercially viable Australian benchmark for the future of hot dip galvanizing.

Kingfield is aligned with the Galvanizers Association of Australia and Australian Steel Institute to build awareness of the superior level of recycled content and the reclamation rate of hot dip galvanized steel as a product, compared to alternative materials. Other benefits of using HDG steel in infrastructure projects include greater corrosion protection and an extended time to first maintenance, which offer both cost and performance benefits for large scale projects and installations in remote areas.

Australia is experiencing a growing interest in sustainability; with building projects seeking Green Star ratings and infrastructure projects earning ISCA ratings. This drives a market expectation for more sustainable HDG plants throughout Australia; in major cities and regional areas.

Kingfield is proud of our achievements to date; the quality of products we create and the service we provide. Kingfield recently won an award at the 2017 Premier’s Sustainability Awards for our sustainable and highly automated galvanizing plant.

Our commitments

Our TAKE2 actions

Categories	Actions	Status	By When
Purchasing and supply chains
	Develop a sustainable procurement policy	Will Do	24/12/2018
	Share your TAKE2 actions with your suppliers	Doing	N/A
	Encourage your suppliers to TAKE2	Doing	N/A
	Buy products and services from businesses that are reducing their carbon emissions	Will Do	N/A
	Help your suppliers reduce their emissions	Will Do	N/A
Business leadership
	Set up an environment team to identify opportunities to reduce emissions at work	Will Do	30/09/2018
	Tell customers, members and other businesses about the work you’re doing to reduce carbon emissions	Doing	N/A
	Encourage your staff to TAKE2	Will Do	N/A
	Encourage your customers, members and networks to TAKE2	Will Do	N/A
	Train staff to reduce emissions at work	Will Do	N/A
	Train staff to reduce emissions at home	Will Do	N/A
Waste reduction
	Set waste reduction targets	Done	N/A
	Improve manufacturing systems and processes to minimise waste	Doing	N/A
	Separate recyclable materials and investigate recycling options	Doing	N/A
	Monitor waste and report against these targets	Will Do	N/A
	Use less packaging for your products	Doing	N/A
	Do a waste assessment to understand how to minimise waste.	Will Do	31/12/2018
	Develop a waste management plan	Will Do	31/03/2019
	Produce energy onsite from waste	Doing	N/A
Products and services
	Design your products to minimise energy and materials used to make each product	Doing	N/A
	Tell your customers about energy efficient and renewable energy products and services	Doing	N/A
	Design your products to help customers reduce carbon emissions	Doing	N/A
Equipment
	Maintain your equipment for the best performance	Doing	N/A
	Encourage staff to turn off equipment they’re not using	Doing	N/A
	Install timers and sensors on equipment	Will Do	30/06/2019
	Check and seal leaks in compressed air, steam and refrigeration systems	Done	N/A
	Insulate ovens, boilers and steam pipes to reduce heat loss	Done	N/A
	Install variable speed drives for pumps, fans and refrigeration	Done	N/A
Transport and fleet
	Assess your fleet to identify opportunities for improved energy efficiency	Done	N/A
	Buy low emissions vehicles	Doing	N/A
	Provide facilities for staff who cycle, walk or run to work	Done	N/A
	Buy electric cars (that can be recharged using renewable energy) or hybrids for your business	Done	N/A
Emissions offsets
	Get your carbon emissions independently verified	Doing	N/A
	Assess and monitor your business’ carbon emissions	Will Do	N/A
	Plant trees or other vegetation on your property to absorb carbon emissions	Will Do	N/A
Energy management
	Use energy bills to track how your energy use is changing over time	Doing	N/A
	Make and implement a plan to manage your business energy use	Doing	N/A
	Do an energy assessment to understand how your business uses energy	Doing	01/11/2018
	Install sub-metering to monitor your business energy use	Will Do	30/06/2019
Renewable energy
	Investigate renewable energy options. Would they work for your business?	Will Do	24/12/2018
	Reuse the heat from industrial equipment for space or water heating	Doing	N/A
Buildings
	Do an energy assessment to understand how energy’s used in your building/s	Will Do	01/11/2018
	Adjust air conditioning temperatures according to the season	Doing	N/A
	Tune the building’s heating, ventilating and cooling systems	Will Do	30/12/2018
	Install blinds inside or outside your building/s to keep cool on hot days	Will Do	30/10/2018

Our stories

Kingfield’s automated processes, enclosed zones and recycling initiatives are designed to reduce waste, minimise emissions and achieve cost efficiencies.

The results from the upgraded Somerton plant in 2016 were compared to the previous Campbellfield plant, as the ‘traditional’ industry standard. The results support Kingfield’s commitment to making a sustainable galvanizing plant commercially viable.

Each plant had a throughput of over 13,000 tonnes, with a 5% variation in total volume. Efficiency improvements at the new Somerton plant mean that the new plant heats a greater volume of both acid and zinc for the galvanizing process, however Somerton consumed 12% less gas compared to the traditional HDG plant.

Recycling initiatives in the Pre-Treatment area resulted in a 56% reduction of hydrochloric acid waste output. From an emissions perspective, comparative results show VOC’s reduced by 60%, zinc and compounds emissions reduced by 86%, sulphur dioxide by 29.5%, oxides of nitrogen down by 55% and particulate matter by 31%.

Kingfield is proud of our achievements to date, we have an Environmental Management System in place, with further initiatives to fight climate change and help reach Victoria’s target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.