News
XLERPLATE® Backs a Winner
04 December 2008
The XLERPLATE® 'Backing the Aussie Spirit' 2007 campaign has received two significant marketing awards. Read more
Trip Of A Lifetime
07 April 2008
When Horan Steel's Adrian Weller took the phone call to hear he'd won an all expenses paid trip to the Rugby World Cup last October, he thought the caller was joking. "There was much scepticism on my part," admits Adrian. "But it really was the trip of a lifetime!" Read more
Bluebird Helps Northern Territory Take Flight
11 December 2007
A rail journey interrupted by Cyclone Tracy more than 30 years ago has resumed with the help of Bluebird Rail Operations. Hopper wagons, made largely from XLERPLATE® steel, are transporting iron ore over 200 kilometres of railtrack. Read more
Ingal Invests In New Road Safety Barriers
11 December 2007
Australia's leading road safety barrier manufacturer Ingal Civil Products has made a major breakthrough in steel barrier safety systems. The system is designed to provide safe vehicle containment and redirection on urban and metropolitan highways and motorways. Read more
Standards breakthrough for XLERPLATE® steel
03 October 2007
Steel fabricators using North American welding codes will be able to qualify welding procedures using readily available XLERPLATE® steel from 2008. Read more
TAS Mining Sales Strong
03 October 2007
Tasmanian based company Caterpillar Underground Mining is experiencing strong sales growth. Based in Burnie on the state's north west coast, Caterpillar Underground Mining designs, manufactures and exports underground mining equipment. Read more
Fabricators Join Forces For Wind Tower Project
03 October 2007
Acciona Energy, reportedly the world's largest wind farm developer and builder, commissioned Victorian based Keppel Prince Engineering and Tasmanian based Haywards Steel Fabrication and Construction to fabricate wind towers for Waubra Wind Farm in Victoria. Read more
Samaras Structural Engineers Secures WA Rail Bridges Contract
03 October 2007
Samaras Structural Engineers is fabricating and delivering eight surface treated rail bridges for the Fortescue Metals Group's Cloud Break Mine in Western Australia. Read more
Local Buckets Leverage Liebherr's Success
03 October 2007
Demand for Liebherr-Australia's excavation equipment, including buckets and dump trays, has doubled since July 2005. The fabricator, based in the Adelaide suburb of Para Hills, manufactures hydraulic shovel and backhoe configured excavators for the Australian mining industry. Read more
XLERPLATE® Upgrade For Masonry Machine
02 October 2007
Hanson Building Products has upgraded the steel plates in its Hess machine at its masonry plant in the suburb of Stapylton, half way between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Read more
